Illinois Central Railroad v. Batson

Main street runs east and west in Carbondale and is crossed near the heart of the city by appellant’s road, which consists of three tracks at that point, the house track, the passing track and the main track, naming them in order from the west. Irvin C. Batson, the deceased, an active, intelligent man, sixty-three years of age, had lived in Carbondale for many years, and was familiar with the road and its surroundings at and near Main street, and knew that much freight was handled and much switching done by the railroad company at that place.

At about nine o’clock on the morning of June 5,…