Silanpa v. Thomson

Plaintiff recovered a judgment of $6,000 against defendant trustee of the property of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company, referred to herein as railroad1, for personal injuries caused by a train running into an automobile in which plaintiff was riding on November 26, 1941. Plaintiff, a miner, lived in Bessemer, Michigan, and was unemployed. At the time he and a friend named Certano were driving in the latter’s car to a mine for the purpose of obtaining employment. He had worked at the Penokee mine in Ironwood, situated near the crossing involved1 in the accident. The mine had been…