Rawie v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

The cause of action is based upon Section 4217, Revised Statutes 1919. Plaintiff's intestate, John Cooney, was killed on May 25, 1922, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, when an east-bound automobile truck in which he was riding was struck by a south-bound switch engine of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad, at the crossing of Tyler and Main streets in the city of St. Louis. Tyler Street is an east-and-west street, and Main Street runs north and south. Tyler Street is about thirty-six feet wide from curb to curb. The truck was moving eastward along the south side of Tyler Street.…