Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Price

The plaintiffs, Price, Bird and Irwin— appellees here—sustained injuries as a result of a collision of an automobile in which they were riding as guests with one of defendant’s coal trains at a highway grade crossing on State Highway No. 71 in Sebastian County, which is the principal north and south highway in the county and carries a large amount of traffic.

The collision occurred about 7:35 p. m. on October 8, 1929, and the facts in relation thereto, stated in the light most favorable to appellees, are as follows: An engine had switched a train of thirty coal cars at Jenny Lind, a village on…