Twist v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

The sole question presented here is whether or not the determination of the trial court that the *515plaintiff was guilty of more than a slight want of ordinary care contributing to his injuries should be sustained. The accident happened at half-past 5 o’clock on the morning of July 17, 1920. The plaintiff was driving his Ford automobile westward on Johnson street and was struck at the intersection of Johnson street and the defendant’s main track by defendant’s passenger train No. 4, consisting of a locomotive and eight or nine cars, approximately 700 feet in length, coming from the north. The…