Cross v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff sued the railroad company and the administrator of the estate of Albert Copp for personal injuries received in a collision between a passenger train operated by the railroad company and an automobile operated as a taxicab by Albert Copp. Judgment was rendered in favor of each of the defendants on separate demurrers to the evidence of the plaintiff, who appeals.

The plaintiff, who had been a passenger on a Santa Fe train, left that train at Alma, boarded a taxicab operated by Albert Copp, and directed that he be taken uptown.…