Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Alexander

The appellee brought this action for damages against appellant for personal injuries sustained when his automobile was struck by the appellant’s steam locomotive at the south edge of Terre Haute, Indiana, where Hulmán Street intersects appellant’s railroad tracks.

The case was tried on appellee’s second amended complaint, alleging:(a) The defendant corporation operated said passenger train at a high and dangerous rate of speed, 70 miles per hour, at a time and place when said corporation’s railroad passenger train was approaching the city limits of the city of Terre Haute, and was within…