Houston v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Action by surviving husband for $50,000 damages for wrongful death of wife and for $3,260 damages for destruction of automobile. Plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $20,000 damages for wrongful death and $3,200 damages to personal property.

Plaintiff’s wife, Pearl Houston, was killed when the 1969 Chevrolet Impala sedan she was driving collided with defendant’s train at a grade crossing of State Highway D in Bowen, Missouri, at about 6:00 p. m., May 24, 1969. The sole ques*5tion is whether, as contended by appellant, the court erred in failing to direct a verdict for…