Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Spike
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.
On the 31st day of December, 1900, about 8:25 p. m., William I. Spike, a man of intelligence, 31 years old, in the full possession of all his senses, was traveling along the public highway, with which he was ■ familiar, leading from Detroit, Minn., to his home; driving a span of mules, hitched to an ordinary lumber wagon. For some distance the highway runs east and west, and nearly parallel to the railroad, but at varying distances from it, until the highway approaches within about 75 feet of the point at which it crosses the railroad track, when it turns south, and,…
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