Dee v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

— This is a personal injury ease.

Out in the country, west of Spokane, the respondent’s railroad crosses the Sunset Highway at right angles. The appellant was driving his Ford automobile west on the highway, and was injured and his car wrecked at this crossing. The train which injured him was approaching on his right, or from the north. The jury returned a small verdict for the appellant, and thereafter the court granted respondent’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

In the neighborhood of the crossing, the surrounding country is practically level. It seems to us to be…