Flaherty v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Peterson, Justice.

In separate actions, plaintiff Conroy, as* the owner and driver of an automobile, sought to recover for personal injuries and property damage, and plaintiff Flaherty, as his guest passenger, sought to recover for personal injuries sustained about midnight on April 30, 1942, as the result of a collision between Conroy’s automobile and the side of a freight car on a railroad track extending across Grove street in the city of St. Paul. The complaints allege that the freight car was placed across the street in violation of statute and ordinance and that a view of it was…