Alexander v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

The deceased, a farmer forty-two years of .age, drove to the village of Westfield, a distance of two or three miles, with a span of horses and sleigh in the afternoon of January 16, 1912, delivered some farm produce to a married sister who resided on the outskirts, and then drove to the business part of the village. Between 5 and 6 in the evening deceased was in a saloon with his brother, had drank some, and started for home about 6 o’clock or shortly before. The night was dark, cold, and stormy. He started driving his team in the direction of his home, got onto the defendant’s railroad track…