McCune v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DawsoN, C. J.:

This was an action for damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff when the automobile she was driving was struck by defendant’s train at a township road crossing in Butler county.

The pertinent facts were chiefly these: About half a mile west of Benton there is a township road which runs north and south. This road is crossed by the Missouri Pacific railway, which runs east and west thereabout. To the north of the railway track and west of the township road there is an embankment which shuts off a westward view of the railway from a…