Clark v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

May Clark and Abbie Hatch each brought an action against the Missouri Pacific Railway to recover for injuries sustained by them through the alleged negligence of the railway company, in which a collision occurred upon a railway crossing. Each recovered a judgment from which defendant appeals.

Both plaintiffs were riding in an automobile owned and driven eastward along a highway by W. T. Wise, and were struck by an extra train which approached the crossing from the northeast traveling diagonally towards the southwest. It was alleged that…