Wabash Railroad v. Smith

In "Wallace street, which is a north and south street, were two railway tracks. Seventieth street crosses Wallace at right angles. In the abstract the vicinage is vaguely described as a populous district. There were no gates nor any flagman at the crossing.

In the afternoon of May 14, 1891, the intestate of the appellee, Claude B, King, a hoy between thirteen and fourteen years old, approached the crossing from the west, as a train of cars was going south on the west track. He waited for it to pass and then started, probably quite hurriedly, to cross Wallace street behind that train, when…