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

The collision occurred on August 16, 1932, while decedent was engaged in hauling gravel from a pit to certain highway projects in Floyd county. The record shows that the crossing where the accident happened is located about a half mile north of the gravel pit. The decedent, with a number of others, had been hauling gravel from the pit and over the crossing in question for about three weeks prior to the accident and was familiar with the character of the crossing at the place of the collision. Prior to the day on which decedent was struck, his employer had maintained a flagman at the crossing…