Reynolds v. Inter-Urban Railway Co.

Beaver Avenue is a public highway, running north and south, extending from the north limits of the city of Des Moines. The appellee operates an interurban railway, and maintains a track that runs nearly east and west at a point where it crosses Beaver Avenue. Immediately south of the right of way of the railway track is a highway known as the “Valley Road,” which also runs east and west, parallel to the railway track. This road stops at Beaver Avenue, and ends immediately south of the point where Beaver Avenue crosses the railway. As Beaver Avenue approaches the railway track from the south,…