O'Brien v. Great Northern Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs in an action to recover damages as a result of the death of the plaintiffs’ decedent, Eugene J. O’Brien, in a collision between a Great Northern Railway engine and a car driven by the decedent.

The Great Northern Railway’s facilities existing at the scene of the accident, or as much thereof as is here relevant, consist of one mainline track running east-west and one passing track, both of which run parallel to, and 150 feet north of U. S. Highway 2. Approximately one-half mile east of the town of Chinook these…