Zimmerman v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

This is a suit by plaintiff to recover damages, for an injury received by him while walking on the defendant’s railroad track, in the city of Hannibal, where the railroad runs over a street of said city, occasioned, as the plaintiff alleged, by the neglect of the employees of defendant'to blow the whistle or ring the bell as required by,the statute. He obtained a judgment for $4,000, from which the company has appealed. The defense set up in the answer was negligence of the plaintiff, which occasioned the injury, and a denial of the negligence imputed to defendant. The evidence for plaintiff’…