Rietveld v. Wabash Railroad

Plaintiff’s intestate and- a companion, who were riding in a- standing position in a bobsled, were struck and killed, at a place where a public highway crosses defendant’s right of way, by a train which .was being operated by defendant’s employes. The negligence charged *251'against these employes is failure to sound the whistle and to ring the bell of the engine as it approached the crossing, as required by statute. There is a conflict in the evidence regarding the giving of the statutory signals, and, as the jury settled this conflict in plaintiff’s favqr, we must treat the case as if the…