W. C. Norris Manufacturing, Inc. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Culbertson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment based on the verdict of a jury, for $1,800 and costs, in favor of W. C. Norris Manufacturing, Inc., appellee (hereinafter called plaintiff), and as against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, appellant (hereinafter called defendant).

The cause arises as the result of a collision between the defendant’s train and the truck belonging to plaintiff, in the City of Salem, Illinois, on November 24, 1944. The street upon which the truck was traveling was one of the main thoroughfares in the City…