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

The appellee alleged that he was engaged in hauling brick from a freight car which was standing on a side track adjacent to the main line of the appellant’s railroad in Iowa City; that appellee’s truck, while crossing the main line of track of the appellant company’s railroad, was struck by a train that approached from the west at a high and dangerous rate of speed; that the appellant was negligent in failing to maintain a lookout and in failing to give a warning signal far enough away from the crossing to warn appellee of the approach of the train. The appellant answered by way of general…