Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to recover sums of money paid for the account of the company at fault, and damages, consequent upon a collision between a passenger train of the plaintiff and a freight train of the defendant. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant appeals.

The collision occurred at the crossing of the two railroads at the station of Moody, which, with the surroundings, is shown on the appended sketch. The passenger train approached Moody from the northwest. The freight train came from the south, and farther away from the southwest.…