Layne v. Portland Traction Co.

This appeal by the defendant, Portland Traction Company, challenges a judgment which the circuit court entered in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought by him to recover damages for personal injuries which he suffered November 19, 1953 at 6:04 p. m., when a west-bound freight train of the defendant, in crossing Southeast 92nd avenue in Portland, collided with the pickup truck which he was driving northerly at that point. The complaint alleges that the cause of the collision was negligence upon the defendant’s part. The entry of the challenged judgment *660was preceded by tbe return of a…