Gulf, M. & O.R. Co. v. Freund

RIDDICK,' Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee in a collision between an automobile driven by appellee and one of appellant’s trains at a grade crossing in Illinois.

*1007Alleging that he was at all times in the exercise of due care for his own safety, appellee charged appellant with negligence causing his injuries (1) in failing to construct and maintain the highway crossing as required by Illinois law, (2) in operating its train at an excessive and dangerous rate of speed, (3) in failing to…