Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Martin

This action grows out of a collision of a freight train of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company with one of the Union Pacific Railway Company, near Linwood in Leavenworth County, on the second of January, 1894, by which William Martin, the plaintiff’s intestate, was killed.

At the time of the collision, six trains were moving eastward over the' Union Pacific Railway, in close proximity to each other. They were designated as Union Pacific number 14, Rock Island first 30, Union Pacific first 12, Rock Island second 30, Union Pacific second 12, and Rock Island number 32. Union…