Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Holland

Lou Holland was struck and seriously injured by a passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company at a crossing near the station of Hackney, and she seeks to recover damages for the injuries sustained. Hackney is a hamlet consisting of a church, a store, a station-house and a few residences. At that point, the railroad runs in a southwesterly direction, while the wagon track runs *318north and south and crosses the railroad track about 250 yards south of the station-house. The country in the vicinity of Hackney is nearly level, but the grade of the railroad slightly descends…