Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Howard

The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant railway company in the sum of $2,000, for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent, Robert Wright, and the defendant, to reverse said judgment, brings this appeal. The parties are referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court.

The only question involved in this case is whether the plaintiff has shown that the defendant, under the circumstances, was guilty of actionable negligence.

It is alleged in the petition that the deceased, Robert Wright, had lived in the vicinity of Ralston with his father and mother…