McQuin v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Hastings, District Judge.

This action is brought by Thomas J. McQuin, as administrator of the estate of Clifford J. McQuin, against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Corporation and H. F. Kilmer, as defendants, to recover damages growing out of the death of Clifford J. McQuin, due to a collision between the automobile he was driving and a freight train of defendant railroad company which was being backed over a railroad crossing. The defendant Kilmer was a brakeman taking part in the operation of the train. From a judgment for $6,000 on a verdict of the jury the defendants have appealed.

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