Reger v. Southern Pacific Co.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for damages sustained in a railroad crossing accident.

Defendant’s railroad runs north and south through the city of Chico. Fifth Street crosses the railroad at right angles. Defendant’s depot is immediately north of the street and its west wall is forty-four and one-half feet east of the easterly rail of the main-line track. Projecting from the west wall is a small extension window. Prom the photographs brought up, it appears that the distance from the west side of the window to the nearest rail is at least forty feet. The accident…