Greenfield v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n

By this appeal defendant below seeks to reverse a judgment for $2,500 which plaintiff recovered against it in the city court of East St. Louis. The action was to recover damages which plaintiff claims to have sustained when a Chevrolet coupe, in which she was riding as a guest with three other persons, collided with an engine of defendant on the tracks of the latter where they cross Missouri avenue in the city of East St. Louis; the accident occurring shortly after midnight on November 7, 1935.

The complaint charged that the crossing in question was a dangerous and hazardous place; that…