McDuffie v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

Plaintiff recovered judgment on the trial in the court below for injuries which he claims to have received by reason of defendant’s negligence..

The record shows that on December 28, 1891, in driving across the railroad track of defendant with a team attached to a lumber wagon, plaintiff was struck by an engine, causing the injury complained of. The negligence alleged in the declaration is that defendant was running a wild engine 'over its road at a dangerous and reckless rate of speed, .and passed this' crossing without giving the signals required by the statute; that cars were left standing…