Morin v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway System

WINANS, Justice.

The plaintiff, Thomas Morin, brought this action to recover for injuries to his person and automobile sustained when his car collided with a railroad train operated by the defendant, Chicago and Northwestern Railway System. In his complaint the plaintiff alleged that the defendant railroad undertook to back a string of cars toward and across a public highway and that the act was performed negligently in pushing a silver colored tank car in the lead which blended with a snow covered background in the nighttime and failing to provide appropriate signals or red light warnings.…