Legal Opinion

Drown v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 21, 1967No. 32538Published

1Opinion of the Court

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, a switchman employed by the Wabash Railroad Company, was struck by an engine owned and operated by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, (referred to as the Katy by the witnesses) and brought this action for personal injuries against both carriers. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict against the plaintiff and in favor of the Wabash, and in favor of plaintiff and against the Katy for $12,500. From the ensuing judgment the Katy appealed.

No question is raised by the Katy regarding its negligence. What it asserts, as its initial point, is that the…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Schmidt v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  2. West v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  3. Pipes v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
  4. Maryland Casualty Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  5. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. DriggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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