Munkel v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff, passenger in her husband’s truck, was injured when the truck collided with the side of a standing freight train, after nightfall on December 13, 1935, at the outskirts of Hokah, Minnesota, where parallel tracks of defendant, one for passing and a main track, cross state highway No. 16. The tracks extend from northeast to southwest, and intersect, at an angle of about 60 degrees, highway 16, which there runs north and south. On the night in question train 105 was standing with its combination (passenger and mail) car at the Hokah depot, and 16 cars and the engine…