Merchants Transfer & Storage Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.

This is an action to recover damages for injury to personal property alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.

The place where the accident occurred was near the mouth of an alley between two streets. These streets are known as Sixth and Seventh Streets, and run north and south across the defendant’s tracks. The collision which caused the injury was near the mouth of this alley. Defendant’s tracks are on Vine Street. This street runs east , and west immediately south of the alley, and across Sixth and Seventh Streets. This alley appears to have been vacated and closed up,…