Jensvold v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

Oliver, J.—

This action was brought by the administrator of the estate of Alice Knutson against Chicago Great Western Railroad Company for her wrongful death. The railroad line of said company runs north and south through Neiv Hampton. In the north part of said town Milwaukee Street, which runs east and west, crosses said railroad at grade. East of the tracks Milwaukee Street is below the level of the railroad, to which the street slopes upward at the crossing. A high embankment of another railroad which parallels Milwaukee Street on the north obstructs the view to the north of one traveling…