Edna Stangle v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a diversity action in which Edna Stangle, plaintiff-appellant, seeks to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by negligence of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, defendant-appellee. The action arises out of a collision between an automobile plaintiff was driving and a passenger train of the defendant. Defendant’s answer denied negligence constituting proximate cause and asserted that plaintiff’s injuries were caused or contributed to by plaintiff’s own negligent and careless acts. The District…