New York Central Railroad v. Monroe

LEVET, District Judge.

The New York Central Railroad Company sues to recover for damages sustained by its engines, tracks, etc., in a. grade crossing collision. Grace Monroe and Bronis Klimasauskas were the owners of a certain tractor vehicle and trailer which collided with the plaintiff’s train at a grade crossing in Edgerton, Ohio, on May 23,1953.

The complaint was originally filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut from which the case was transferred to the Southern District of New York. On this action no jury trial was demanded.

Subsequent to the…