McElligott v. Illinois Central Railroad

Louise McElligott, individually and as administrator of her deceased husband’s estate, sued the Illinois Central Railroad Company in the circuit court of Madison County for damages arising out of a collision between plaintiff’s automobile and one of defendant’s trains at a railroad crossing in Belleville, Illinois.

The evidence disclosed the following: On March 4, i960, about 9:15 P.M., the plaintiff, Louise McElligott, drove a 1959 Ford automobile, with her husband as passenger, north on 19th Street and collided with defendant’s west-bound train. She suffered personal injuries and her husband…