Meyer v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The injury which resulted in the death of C. A. Meyer occurred at a public highway crossing on the 26th day of December, 1904, about ten o’clock in the morning. The defendant’s railroad at and near the place where the injury occurred runs east and west, and the public-highway west of the crossing and south of the defendant’s road runs east and west practically parallel with the defendant’s road. On the day in question, Meyer and his wife were riding eastward on this public highway toward the crossing in question, and, while attempting to cross the defendant’s track, the buggy in which they…