Chester Levendosky v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company

GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This was an action brought by appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in a railroad crossing accident. The accident occurred in the City of Davenport, Iowa, on U. S. Highway No. 6 on December 22, 1953. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant respectively. At the time of receiving his injuries plaintiff was driving a so-called tractor-trailer truck loaded with cattle which he was transporting from the vicinity of Durant, Iowa, to Chicago, Illinois. The highway which runs east and west crossed the railroad track of the…