Andersen v. Southern Pacific Co.

The plaintiff brought this action by her guardian to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile in which she was riding as a guest and one of defendant’s railroad trains. The accident occurred at 9 o’clock in the evening of August 20,1939, in the city of Eugene, where the railroad track crosses Jefferson street.

At the close of plaintiff’s testimony in chief, the trial court sustained a motion for involuntary nonsuit, and plaintiff has appealed.

It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant was negligent in the operation of the train in that no…