Bahr v. American Railroad Co.

Carlos F. Bahr filed a complaint against the American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico, to recover damages for the sum of $21,500, alleged to have been suffered when one of the trains of the defendant corporation collided with his automobile, which he was driving. The facts alleged by the plaintiff can be thus summarized:

On November 19, 1934, plaintiff-appellee Carlos F. Bahr was driving his automobile on the Lajas-Cabo Rojo Insular Road. When he reached kilometer 4, hectometer 8 of said road, he turned left to enter a side road that, crossing the railroad, leads to the “Firmeza” estate, where…