WILLIAMS v. ATCHISON, T. & S.F. RY. CO.

Docket No. 26387.

211 Cal.App.2d 139 (1962)

27 Cal. Rptr. 455

HARRY WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. MERTON R. MEAD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

December 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kean & Engle and R.W. Engle for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Robert W. Walker, J.H. Cummins and Matthew H. Witteman for Defendant and Respondent.


BURKE, P.J.

On November 15, 1958, at approximately 3 a.m., a truck and trailer driven by plaintiffs' agent collided with defendant's freight train at a single spur track crossing in the Mojave Desert near the Township of Boron. Plaintiff Merton Mead, owner of the truck tractor, filed an action for property damage, and plaintiffs Harry and Ruth Williams filed a similar action as owners of the truck trailer. Both actions...

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