Thompson v. Boswell

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by a trustee of a railroad company from a judgment of $5,600 for personal injuries in favor of the driver of an automobile who was injured at a railroad crossing at Cavell Crossing, Arkansas, by a freight train.

The case arises out of the following facts: On March 3, 1946, appellee, a war veteran recently discharged from the Marine Corps, was driving with numerous members of his family from Parkin, Arkansas, to Banner, Arkansas, to visit his father and mother. The accident occurred shortly after midnight. The appellee, who was driving a Ford V-8 truck,…