Crawford v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Appellant sued to recover for the death of his testator which was caused by a passenger train of appellee at a grade crossing in the Village of Wood River. In separate counts of his declaration he charged negligence generally; statutory negligence in' failing to ring a bell or sound a whistle; and the violation of a speed ordinance. At the close of appellant’s evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, appellee requested and the court refused to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor.

The street in question runs east and west and is crossed almost at right angles by two…