Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Prohl
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Porter Circuit Court; H. H. Loving, Judge. Action by. Anna Prohl, administratrix of the estate of John H. Prohl, deceased, against the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
The complaint discloses that on June 9, 1913, at about five o’clock p.m., John H. Prohl, appellee’s decedent, was driving an automobile eastward along Clinton street, in the city of Hammond, approaching the point where appellant’s railroad intersects said street; that as he neared the crossing certain safety gates that were being maintained and operated by appellant were lowered so' that thereby he was struck upon the head by such gates and rendered unconscious. Whereuppn the momentum of the automobile carried him upon the crossing in front of appellant’s northbound passenger train, which…
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