Mattingley v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.

This case arose out of a railroad crossing accident wherein Jake C. Mattingley, the nineteen-year-old son of respondent, was killed when the automobile he was driving came into collision with a gas motor coach operated by appellant in the town of St. John, Whitman county, Washington. The verdict and judgment in favor of respondent in the sum of $3,300 are not in issue as to the amount, except as to the validity of any recovery whatever.

The facts which must be resolved in favor of respondent as presented to the court and jury were substantially these:

Near the corporate limits of St. John, Park…