Lehigh Valley R. v. Ciechowski

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On May 13, 1922, the defendant in error was a passenger going from Chicago, Ill., to Freeland, Pa., on an express train owned and operated by the plaintiff in error, and was severely injured when the car in which she was riding, with others, was derailed east of the Lake street crossing near North Leroy station in New York.

The train was proceeding easterly at 60 miles an hour. Just before the derailment, an automobile came into collision with the locomotive at the Lake street crossing. The sole occupant of the automobile was killed. North Leroy station is on the main…