Langston v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

On February 3,1944, at about 2: 30 o ’clock, a. m. an automobile driven by Charles L. Spoo, now deceased, in which appellants Charles E. Langston, Buth Bar-gar, Rosalie Radicella, and three other persons, were riding, was proceeding east in a fog on State Highway 120, about one mile west of Waukegan, the highway at that point being known as Belvidere street, and ran into the side of a freight train of appellee, which was proceeding south across the highway. Charles L. Spoo was killed, and the appellants above named were severely injured.

Appellants sued appellee in the circuit court of Lake…