Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Triplett

This was an action brought by Triplett on the following state of facts: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and a public highway between the towns of Princeton and Dover, in Bureau county, cross each other on the same level, the smaller angle of intersection being about twenty-two degrees. To the eastward of the crossing both the highway and the railroad pass through a cut about two hundred and fifty feet in length on the former, and about six .hundred on the latter. Between the two roads there is a bank of earth extending about thirty feet, with a hedge, which was in leaf at the…