Waits v. St. Louis-San Francisco Rly. Co‪.‬

The opinion of the court was delivered by These are consolidated actions for wrongful death arising out of a collision between an automobile in which the plaintiffs' decedents were passengers and a freight train. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, and the railroad has duly perfected an appeal. The principal points on appeal concern whether there was substantial competent evidence that the railroad crossing was unusually dangerous; whether the trial court erred in instructing that railroad crossbuck signs shall be erected on the right-hand side of each approach to the crossing; and whether the trial court erred in failing to rule as a matter of law on the issue of proximate cause.