Evans v. Erie R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio; William R. Day, Judge. Action by David J. Evans, administrator of Reese Edwards, against the Erie Railroad Company. Judgment on a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff’s intestate, while driving with his wife and daughter across the tracks of defendant at Crab Creek Crossing, so-called, adjacent to Youngstown, Ohio, was struck and instantly killed by defendant’s passenger train. The wife suffered fatal injuries from the collision. This suit is brought to recover for the death of the husband.
The accident occurred on December 21, 1906, at about 4:30 p. m. It was already dark, and snow was falling. Several hundred feet west of the crossing Hubbard Road connects with Wick avenue (extending northerly from Youngstown), and‘runs…
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