Missouri Pacific R.R. Thompson v. Magness

Dr. W.'C. Magness, appellee, recovered a judgment in the amount of $20,000 against appellants for personal injuries. received by Mm March 3, 1942, when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a freight train at a crossing near Gurdon, Arkansas. The acts of negligence relied upon by appellee were that the train was operating without a headlight, the statutory signals were not given, the train was traveling at an excessive rate of speed, and failure of the employees of appellant, railroad, to keep a proper lookout, and that if said lookout had been kept, appellee’s perilous position…