Edwards v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The plaintiff sued the defendant for damages resulting - from a collision with one of the defendant’s trains at a point where the railway track crosses a street in Kinsley. The plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals.

The street in question extends north and south and is crossed by four parallel tracks running from the northeast to the southwest. The first track approached from the north is a switch track, 57 feet to the south is the main track, 26 feet from the main track is a storage track, and 11 feet beyond is the branch-line track.…