Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Damerell

These were two actions, one in the name of Emanuel, and the other in that of Robert Damerell, as plaintiffs, to recover for damages from a collision on the railroad of the defendant

The actions were consolidated in the court below, and a verdict and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendant appealed.

The principal facts are: That on April 7, 1875, about 10-o’clock A. M., at the railroad crossing of a public highway between West Point and Stillwell, and one and a half miles south of West Point, a passenger train upon defendant’s railroad, going south, came in collision with a…