Williams v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Weavee, J.—

At the date of the accident, plaintiff was a rural mail carrier, whose route, beginning at Sigourney, crossed the line of defendant’s road about a mile from the station at said town. The morning train passing Sigourney usually arrived before plaintiff started upon his trip, but on the morning in question it was late, and he was aware of the fact. The highway along which he drove crossed the railway track at a somewhat sharp angle, making the distance from the boundary of the right of way to the track, measured along the highway, about seventy feet. A telegraph pole stands by the…