Sam E. Brinson, and Sam E. Brinson and Maudie M. Brinson v. Illinois Central Railroad Company

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

These appeals in two railroad grade crossing cases come to us on one consoli dated record and are from separate judgments for the defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company, notwithstanding the verdicts of the jury for the plaintiffs.

The accident which gave rise to this litigation occurred at defendant’s mainline crossing on Chicago Street in Delhi, Louisiana, when a passenger train collided with an automobile driven by the minor Billy Lorraine Brinson, and in which Maxine Brinson, the owner, was a passenger. Following this occurrence Sam Brinson, individually and as…