PIPES v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 47253.

338 S.W.2d 30 (1960)

Edward PIPES, a Minor, by Next Friend, Respondent, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Harvey, St. Louis, Hilary A. Bush, Fred A. Murdock, Johnson, Lucas, Bush & Gibson, Kansas City, for appellant.

E. J. Murphy, Butler, for respondent.


LEEDY, Judge.

Action for damages for personal injuries sustained by Edward Pipes, a minor (who sues through his father as next friend), in a collision between the automobile he was driving and a 90-car freight train of defendant at a grade crossing. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $70,000. Appealing, the railroad assigns error (1) in the refusal of its motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence, which motion was based on the ground that...

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