St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Fankboner

Appellee, who is a farmer of Jackson county, Illinois, lived in the spring of 1904 on the west side of appellant’s railroad, and was engaged in farming land on the east side of the same. He used a road known as- the Murphysborq and Grand Tower road, which was a highway running north and south between a quarter and a half mile west of appellant’s road, and in going to and from Ms work was accustomed to turn from this highway-into-a road or lane from fifteen to twenty-five feet wide running east and across the railroad, at right angles. On the evening of Saturday, May 29th, he left a team with…