Daniels v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

CARLETON HARRIS, Chief Justice.

On November 4, 1969, Verneda, Annie, and Fred Daniels, Jr., were killed at a railroad crossing at Wheatley when the half-ton pickup truck driven by Fred, was struck by an engine pulling only a caboose. The Daniels were traveling north on Highway 70 and the train was traveling west. Decedents were survived by their respective spouses and children, and suit was instituted by Nathaniel Daniels, Administrator of the estate of Verneda, and the Administrators of the estates of the other two decedents, appellants herein, against Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific…