ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. ROBINSON

No. 5-1410.

308 S.W.2d 282 (1957)

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. C. A. ROBINSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur H. Botts, DeWitt, Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellants.

William C. Gibson, Stuttgart, George E. Pike, DeWitt, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the appellee in a collision between his pick-up truck and a freight train which was standing still at a public crossing just inside the city of Gillett. The plaintiff's truck struck the fifth or sixth car of the eleven-car train. In appealing from a verdict and judgment for $7,500 the railroad company and its two employees contend that they were entitled to a directed verdict, and, if...

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