Wertz v. C., B. Q.R.R. Co.

This action in damages for the death of plaintiff's husband, alleged to have been due to the negligence of defendants, was instituted in the circuit court of Schuyler county, Missouri, on February 26, 1930, against the Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad Company and the Penrod, Jurden Clark Company.

The facts of record are that the defendant railroad company owns and operates a line of railroad running east and west through the town of Downing in Schuyler county, Missouri, and that its trackage consists of a main line, and to the north of that, a side track; defendant Penrod, Jurden Clark…