Hogg v. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

The plaintiff, H. R. Hogg, as. adminstrator of the *634estate of his son, Harold W. Hogg, deceased, brought this action of trespass against Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company under the Survival and Wrongful Death Statutes to recover damages arising out of fatal injuries sustained by plaintiff’s decedent when the motorcycle he was operating at night ran into defendant’s moving freight train at a rural railroad crossing. The jury rendered verdicts in favor of the plaintiff and made specific findings (1) that the railroad crossing described in this case was peculiar,…