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

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

Plaintiffs brought this action for the alleged wrongful death of their daughter, June Richards. The trial court sustained a demurrer to their evidence and they have appealed.

Defendant’s railroad runs north and south through the city of McPherson and is intersected at right angles by Skancke street, an east-and-west street. At this intersection defendant has four tracks. Counting from the west, and giving distances from center to center, these are: First, the stock track; second, east 34% feet is the “long” track; third, east 13% feet is the…