Limes v. Keller

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

On a late September afternoon an automobile in which were seated the owner of the car, Michael A. De-Cavage, Sr. and his 15 year old son, Micháel A. DeCavage, Jr., was traveling eastward on South Chapel Street in Newark, Delaware, and approaching a four-track crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The sun was shining and the roadbed was dry. A freight train of approximately 75 to 80 cars in length was proceeding southward on the westernmost track. Immediately after the caboose had cleared the crossing the DeCavage automobile started across the tracks. At…