Johnson v. New York Central Railroad

*41Kavanagh, J.

(for reversal). Plaintiff brought this action to recover from defendant railroad company for personal injuries suffered when defendant’s passenger train collided with plaintiff employer’s tractor and trailers loaded with 7,890 gallons of gasoline. This equipment was being driven by plaintiff in a westerly direction over an angle crossing known as Rex or White’s Crossing, about 8 miles east of Kalamazoo, where defendant’s railroad tracks intersect US-12A.

The accident occurred about 2 p.m., on a bright chilly day, on November 30,1951.

Plaintiff alleged in his declaration that the…