St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company v. Jackson

CoNley Byrd, Justice.

Appellants, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company; W. D. Simpson, B. 0. Hank-ins and J. A. Massey, the crew on the train in question; and Gerald Slocum, the signal maintainer for the “Cotton Belt” Railroad, appeal from a judgment in favor of administrators of the estates of Tommy N. Jackson, Catherine Jackson, Tommy N. Jackson, Jr., and Melinda Jackson, all deceased. The Jackson automobile was the third car in a two-week period, from June 1 to June 14, 1964, to collide with a southbound train at the Fair Oaks crossing in Cross County where Highway 64 crosses the “Cotton…