Williams v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.

Albert, C.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought to recover for injuries received by him in consequence of the team, drawing the wagon in which he was riding, taking fright at the escape of steam from one of the defendant’s locomotives standing at a street crossing. At the close of the testimony, the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict in its favor. The motion was overruled, and the ruling on that motion is the basis of the only assignment argued in the. brief filed on behalf of the defendant company. The question raised by the assignment…