Willett v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad

Robert Willett brought suit against The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company in the city court of East St. Louis to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained in a grade crossing accident at the intersection of defendant’s tracks and a public highway known as Kingshighway in St. Clair county.

The original declaration filed in January, 1932, contains two counts; the first charged general negligence in operating and driving the locomotive and the second, a failure to comply with the statute in ringing a bell and sounding a whistle before reaching the crossing.

In January,…