Lewis v. Union Pacific Railroad

This case was brought to recover damages for the death of John S. Lewis, whose automobile was struck on February 13, 1925, by a fast mail train of the Union Pacific Railroad Company at a place in Gozad, Nebraska, where the main street, which is also the Lincoln Highway through the town, crosses the defendant’s tracks. Sadie S. Lewis, as administratrix, on behalf of herself as widow and for a minor child brings this action against the railroad company and one Getty, who was the engineer in charge of the train. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff against the defendant railroad…