Patton v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

Plaintiff’s decedent was a drayman in Charlotte. On January 15, 1923, he was driving a Ford truck north on the Verona highway toward Battle Creek. When he reached the Grand Trunk Western Railway the crossing was blocked by a freight train which was moving slowly in an easterly direction on the south track. A short distance west of the intersection the caboose was cut off from the train and stopped on the highway crossing, partially blocking travel. There was just enough room to drive around the west end of the caboose on the planking. A few moments after the arrival of plaintiff’s decedent…