DAVIS v. ILLINOIS TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 46130.

307 S.W.2d 395 (1957)

Verna E. DAVIS, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert F. Davis, Deceased, Respondent, v. ILLINOIS TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris H. Allen, William B. Anderson, Anderson, Gilbert, Wolfort, Allen & Bierman, St. Louis, for appellant.

Sherman Landau, St. Louis, for respondent.


HOLLINGSWORTH, Presiding Judge.

Robert F. Davis was fatally injured when an automobile driven by him struck the side of defendant's freight train at the crossing, of defendant's railroad over Illinois State Highway No. 159 near the City of Edwardsville, Illinois. Plaintiff, Verna E. Davis, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, instituted this action to recover the sum of $20,000 for his wrongful death. The petition, after pleading due care on the...

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