Norton v. Hines

This is an action for damages to an automobile which was struck by a train at a highway crossing near Westboro in Atchison County. The said highway and railroad, at the scene of the accident, cross at right, angles, the highway running east and west and the railroad north and south. Plaintiff’s wife was driving the automobile westward and the train was coming from the north.

The railroad runs through plaintiff’s farm. The family residence is on the north side of the public road and about one-eight of a mile east of the railroad track. Plaintiff and his-wife had lived on this farm for about…