Carr v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

Trial was to a jury which found the railway causally negligent as to speed and not negligent as to lookout or management and control; and found Mrs. Carr causally negligent as to management and control of the automobile and not negligent as to lookout or listening or failure to heed the warning devices. Examination of the record discloses evidence to sustain the respective findings of negligence.

The appellant Railway Company submits that speed, by itself, cannot be the cause of an accident. The statement is supported by many of our decisions and as a proposition of law may be conceded, but…