Burns v. Joyce and Walters

BLAND, J.-

-This is an action for wrongful death. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $3000, and defendants have appealed.

The suit was brought by the plaintiff, the widow of John Edward Burns, to recover for his death, which was caused by his being struck and run over by one of defendants’ northbound trains on a public highway crossing about a mile and a. half or two miles north of the village of Parnell.

Defendants’ tracks run north from Parnell to the crossing in question and are straight and level. The crossing can be seen plainly from Parnell during…