Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Voelker

The appellee, administratrix of Edward Yoelker, deceased, tiled her declaration, alleging the killing of Edward Yoelker by appellant’s train; the third count averring that the defendant’s road crossed St. Clair avenue, in the city of East St. Louis, in said county of St. Clair, and that it was the duty of the defendant to ring a bell or sound a • whistle within eighty rods of the crossing, etc., and further averring defendant’s neglect to do so. The count also avers that Edward Yoelker, with' due care and caution, was driving a team, attached to a wagon, along St. Clair avenue, and in…