Belchak v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages resulting from the death of her intestate, who was killed as he was driving his automobile over a railroad crossing after dark, when it was struck by a freight car being pushed along the track by an engine of the defendant. The jury rendered a general verdict for the plaintiff, but in connection with it returned an interrogatory submitted to them, with their answer, as follows: “Was Defendant’s employee, Thomas Quinn, on the crossing swinging a white lantern while Plaintiff’s intestate, Michael Belehak, was approaching said crossing?…