Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Aderhold

This was an action brought against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company by George W. Aderhold, as administrator, to recover damages for the death of his son, John E. Aderhold, who was killed in a collision with a freight train. The casualty occurred at a highway crossing in the country, on a clear April day in 1892. At the point where *294the accident occurred, the highway runs north and south, and the track of the Railroad Company approaches the highway from the west, upon a curve. The country south of the crossing slopes to the north, so that there is a slight cut in the highway on…