Hein v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis

Edward Hein, a truck driver for the Lueking Transfer Company, had made a delivery to the Cotton Belt freight house and was crossing the Terminal's tracks, laid in Main or First Street, at a crossing between O'Fallon and Dickson Streets when his truck was struck by a Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway passenger train. Initially his action for damages for his resulting injuries was against both the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the Terminal. Upon the first trial of his cause a jury found for him and against the Terminal but exonerated the Chicago and Eastern Illinois. He did not appeal…