Van Dunk v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

This action was brought by the widow of John Van Dunk to recover damages for her husband’s death, which occurred when the automobile which he was driving collided with a train of the defendant company. The accident happened about 7:30 o’clock in the morning on September. 17, 1924, as the deceased was crossing the single-track line of the defendant company at the point where it crosses Second street in the city of Onalaska, Wisconsin. The deceased was driving in a southeasterly direction on Second street, and, due to the fact that a street-car line occupies the west portion of the highway,…