New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. American Transit Lines, Inc.

This is an appeal by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, plaintiff appellant, hereafter referred to as “plaintiff,” from a final judgment of the circuit court in its favor against American Transit Lines, Inc., defendant appellee, hereafter referred to as “defendant,” for $15,800 and costs, for damages to plaintiff’s railroad track and cars and contents thereof in a train struck and derailed by defendant’s truck in a crossing collision.

The defendant has assigned no cross-error.

The first alleged error assigned by plaintiff is “The refusal of the trial court to enter judgment…