Coyne v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

An automobile, owned by plaintiff and driven by his adult son, Frank Coyne, came into collision with a car carrying men and tools like a hand car, but run by a gasoline engine and called an autospeeder, at the crossing of a highway and the railway of defendant, called by the witnesses Bennett’s Crossing. Plaintiff brought this suit against defendant to recover damages for the injury done to the automobile, and, upon a trial, he had a verdict and a judgment for $276.76, from which the railway company appeals.

It is argued that the court erred in refusing a motion by defendant for a continuance…