Pappas v. Evans

Plaintiff, a railroad section foreman, was operating a railroad motorcar in a southerly direction over the Chicago Great Western Railroad track in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, March 24, 1947. He was accompanied by two other section men, Martin and Staley, stationed respectively at the left and right front corners of the vehicle. Plaintiff sat on the left side behind Martin. The car had a low windshield over which the men could see.

As the motorcar approached the crossing defendant’s automobile came from the west over a gravel highway and struck it so near to its right front corner as to kill…