Beaber v. Kurn

This is an action for wrongful death. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $7500. Defendants filed a motion for a new trial, which the court sustained. Plaintiff has appealed.

The facts show that defendants are trustees in charge of and operating the railroad of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company; that plaintiff is the widow of one William Beaber who was killed on March 29, 1934, in that part of Kansas City known as Sheffield, by falling or being pulled from the side of a box car on a freight train operated by the defendants.

The facts further show…