Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Bell

The plaintiff in the court below commenced two actions against the railroad company, founded upon a collision between a train on the defendant’s railroad and the wagon and team of John Boyd, deceased, the plaintiff’s intestate, at a highwaycrossing near Minooka, in Grundy county. One action was for damages sustained by the death of Boyd, and the other for damages resulting from the killing of his horses and the destruction of his wagon and harness.

The declaration alleged, as the negligence of the defendant which caused the collision, an omission to ring the bell or blow the whistle for a…