Houser v. Wabash Railroad

A motion for a directed verdict made by the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s testimony was granted by the circuit court of Macon county in a case brought by Elsie Houser and David Houser, her husband, against the Wabash Railroad Company, a corporation. This appeal is from that judgment.

The suit resulted from injuries received by Elsie Houser on October 12,1948, when her automobile which she was driving was struck by the first of a string of railroad cars being pushed or shunted backwards by the defendant, where its railroad tracks cross North Broadway in the City of Decatur. David…