Asklund v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

Taylor, C.

Plaintiff, as special administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Carl Asklund, recovered a verdict on the ground that his death was caused by the wrongful act of defendants. Defendants appealed from an order denying their motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

The track of defendant railway company runs in a northerly direction from the village of Hampton in Dakota county. A winding country road running in an easterly and westerly direction crosses the track at a right angle about one and one-half miles north of the village.…