Schukart v. Gerousbeck

This is an action by John Schukart, as plaintiff, against P. C. Gerousbeck, E. E. Bentley, and Dale Fields, as defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by defendants’ negligence. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants Bentley and Fields, and for the plaintiff against defendant Gerousbeck in the sum of $2,000. Judgment was entered accordingly, and defendant Gerousbeck appeals therefrom.

The evidence discloses that the Southern Pacific Company, hereafter called the Company, operates a branch railroad line which runs generally in an easterly and…