Schmidt v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of a collision between the automobile in which she was riding and a moving freight train. It appears that at about 1:20 a. m. December 21, 1924, the plaintiff, with two young men; all occupying the front seat of a Ford coupé, was driving along a highway leading into Cudahy. While so riding the car collided with a freight train moving across the highway along which plaintiff and her companions were proceeding, resulting in personal injuries to the plaintiff.

The case was tried before a…