Bishop v. New York Central Railroad

Plaintiff’s automobile and defendant’s locomotive collided as plaintiff crossed defendant’s tracks at Shiawassee street, in the city of Lansing, about 2:15 a. m., January 30, 1954. A jury awarded plaintiff $8,000.

Plaintiff and his wife were on their way home and were driving east on Shiawassee street. They brought their automobile to a stop’Approximately 40 feet west of the track gates because a freight train was passing and the gates were down, the red warning lights flashing, and the bell ringing.

Plaintiff waited for 9 or 10 minutes' while the freight train passed. The gates went up and the…