SHORT v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 46037.

312 S.W.2d 50 (1958)

Llel W. SHORT and Katie A. Short, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Merl Lee Short, Deceased, Appellants, v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer Denied April 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Russell, Jack P. Pritchard, James E. Woodfill, Nevada, for appellants.

A. E. Elliott, Nevada, for respondent, Missouri, K. & T. R. Co.

Harold L. Harvey, St. Louis, Johnson, Lucas, Bush & Gibson, Fred A. Murdock, Hilary A. Bush, William A. Cameron, Kansas City, for respondent, Missouri Pac. R. Co.


Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer to Court en Banc Denied April 14, 1958.

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Liel W. Short and Katie A. Short, Coadministrators of the estate of Merl Lee Short, deceased, their son, sued the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, corporations, for the death of Merl occasioned by a northbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas fast freight striking Merl's westbound automobile when he attempted to cross the...

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