KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. McKENZIE

No. 5-427.

269 S.W.2d 326 (1954)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. McKENZIE et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardin, Barton, Hardin & Garner, Ft. Smith, for appellant.

Bates, Poe & Bates, Waldron, for appellee.


GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Dennis McKenzie was eleven years of age when on July 9th, 1953, a railroad signal torpedo exploded, causing injuries that necessitated removal of his right eye.1 The railway company has appealed from a judgment for $1,500.

Although the McKenzies were residents of Scott county when the suit was filed, they had formerly lived at Heavener, Oklahoma, where the railroad company maintains switching and supply...

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