St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R. v. Manly

This was an action instituted by the appellee against the appellant, to recover for personal injuries to himself and to his property, resulting from a collision of the train as the appellee was about to cross the track of appellant’s road, which injuries, it is alleged, were occasioned by the negligence and unskillfulness of the agents and servants of the company.

The accident occurred in July, 1866, within the corporate limits of the town of Bunker Hill. The appellee resided in the town, and had for some six years previous to the accident, and was familiar with the railroad crossings in the…