Suburban Railroad v. Balkwill

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county against appellant and in favor of appellee for negligently causing the death of appellee’s intestate, Hugh Balkwill. Balkwill was riding a bicycle upon Forty-second avenue, in the city of Chicago, and came upon the railroad crossing just in front of the train by which he was killed. The railroad at that point runs along Eandolph street.

The errors assigned are the denying of the defendant’s motion to exclude the evidence and to instruct the jury to find the…