Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. v. Haselwood

This was an action on the case for negligence by appellee against appellant. The negligence charged was, in substance, that at a certain highway crossing appellant had negligently permitted weeds to grow upon its right of way at so great a height as to obscure the view of persons approaching the crossing upon the highway; that appellant failed to give signals of the approach of its train to the crossing, and then upon discovery of appellee’s perilous situation upon the crossing, negligently, and also willfully sounded the stock alarm whistle and thereby so frightened appellee’s team that it…