Forde v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order granting defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

This personal injury action, brought by a front-seat automobile passenger, arises out of a collision between an automobile and a passenger train which was backing up over a railway crossing in the city of Bemidji where Midway Drive, a four-lane concrete highway of a width of 40 feet, intercepts a main-line railway track and a switch track. Although the directions are not exact according to the points of the compass, it may be assumed for the purposes of this decision that the four-lane…