Johnson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Norton, J

—This suit was instituted by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries to his person and property occurring at the crossing of a public highway, and alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of defendant in failing to ring its bell or sound its whistle as required by section 806, Revised Statutes 1879, whereby the locomotive engine struck and killed one mule in a team and wagon being driven by plaintiff, and inflicting upon plaintiff injuries m his spine, back and bowels, rendering him a cripple for life. Judgment for the sum of $5,150 as damages is prayed for. The answer of…