Brose v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

I. The argument of counsel for appellant is confined almost entirely to the question of plaintiff’s alleged contributory negligence. The material facts appearing in the record are, in substance, as follows:

On the night of November 10, 1916, while plaintiff and another person were proceeding east in a Dodge touring car on one of the public streets of Mason City, his car collided with some freight cars which were being pushed north on defendant’s main track across said street. The train, according to the testimony of defendant’s witnesses, consisted of thirteen cars and an engine, which was…