Interstate Motor Lines, Inc. v. Great Western Ry. Co.

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The railroad track of the Great Western Railway Company and North Washington Pligliway cross at a point about three miles east of Loveland, Colorado, called Bird’s Crossing. A train belonging to the railway company and a truck owned by lnter-state Motor Lines, Inc., collided at the crossing. The train consisted of the engine, twelve freight cars, and the caboose. The truck consisted of a diesel motor and tandem trailer, and it was loaded with approximately 30,000 pounds of chilled meat-The railway company instituted this action, against the motor company to recover…