Illinois Cent. R. v. Bennett

GRUBB, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error (defendant in the District Court) was sued by the defendant in error (plaintiff in that court), for damages caused by injuries received by him in a collision between an automobile, in which he was riding as a guest, and defendant’s passenger train at a road crossing. But one question is presented, and it is based upon the refusal of the District Court to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant. Such a direction would have been justified only in the event the defendant was guilty of no negligence, which caused the collision. The contributory…