Lockridge v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

This action is brought to recover damages from the defendant claimed to have resulted from a collision occurring between a train, operated by defendant, and an automobile driven by the plaintiff, at a point where the defendant’s tracks cross West Ninth street in the city of Des Moines. It appears that on the 15th day of April, 1911, the plaintiff was proceeding south on Ninth street in an automobile, and that while crossing the track of defendant, where it intersects Ninth street, his automobile was struck and destroyed by a train operated by the defendant. It appears that West Ninth street…