MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. OWEN

No. 19230.

306 F.2d 887 (1962)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. John OWEN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lev Hunt, Leslie S. Lockett, Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for appellant.

Charles G. Lyman, Lyman & Sudduth, Corpus Christi, Tex., J. H. Fugate, Jr., Kingsville, Tex., for appellee.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

By general verdict, the jury awarded appellee, John Owen, $15,000.00 for personal injuries and other damages sustained by him when his pickup truck was struck by a diesel locomotive of appellant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, at a grade crossing in the outskirts of the City of Kingsville, Texas. The necessary facts will be set forth as each of the questions of law raised before us is discussed.

The case was submitted to the jury...

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