Davis v. Illinois Terminal Railroad Company

HOLLINGSWORTH, Presiding Judge.

Robert F. Davis was fatally injured when* an automobile driven by him struck the side-of defendant’s freight train at the crossing of defendant’s railroad over Illinois State Highway No. 1S9 near the City of Ed-wardsville, Illinois. Plaintiff, Verna E. Davis, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, instituted this action to recover the sum of $20,000 for his wrongful death. The petition, after pleading due care on the, part of deceased, alleged that the collision and his death were directly caused by the negligent failure of defendant to keep…