Gray v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Plaintiff’s intestate, F. M. Gray, was killed by a passing train upon a highway crossing of the defendant’s railway. This action, is brought to recover the. resulting damages to his estate on the theory that defendant was negligent in failing to give the proper crossing signals, in the rate of speed at which the train was moving, in failing to use ordinary oare to see the deceased or to know of his approach to the track, and in neglecting to place a whistling post or other suitable sign to indicate to the engineman the proper place for giving the crossing signals. The answer denied generally…