Lang v. Byram

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

At a grade crossing in St. Paul, Minn., appellant’s automobile collided with a train of cars on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, operated by appellees as receivers, with the usual disastrous results to the automobile and its occupant. This action for damages resulted. The trial court at the dose of the evidence directed a verdict for appellees on the ground of contributory negligence of appellant. The only question in the case is whether under the circumstances contributory negligence was a question of fact for the jury, or of law for the court. The accident…