Griewski v. Ironwood & Bessemer Railway & Light Co.

(after stating the facts)'. Several wit*15nesses for plaintiff were sworn as to the rate of progress plaintiff’s decedent was making immediately before the impact. One says:

“He was walking very slow; the ordinary rate for an old man, * * * an ordinary walk.”

Another:

“He was walking not fast or slow, just medium, just the right way, an average walk, just a good brisk walk.”

For the defendant one witness testified upon the same point:

“It was a kind of a little fast like; it was not hardly a trot, but a kind of a fast walk.”

Another:

“When he started across he started at an ordinary rate, and continued…