Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Hancock & Buchanan

This is the second appeal of this case. The first is reported as Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Hancock, 187 Ark. 1007, 63 S.W.2d 973. The statement made in that first appeal may be taken as a statement in the instant case. There is no real or essential difference except in the instant case the error complained of in the former appeal and upon which it was reversed does not appear.

Hancock testified that he and his traveling companion, Buchanan, were desirous of returning to their homes in Oklahoma and in the railroad yards of North Little Rock, at night, they accosted someone and asked…