Rucker v. Alton Railroad Co.

This case involves a crossing- accident. Alva J. Ruck-er, a fifteen year old boy was driving a small truck on Green Street in Yirdin, Illinois. The street crossed the railroad tracks of the defendant at a right angle. The railroad track was slightly higher than the street. Several railroad tracks crossed this street near the point of accident. A spur track was the easternmost track and some eight to fifteen feet west of this track was the northbound main line track. The morning of the accident Rucker was driving his truck westwardly. ' There was evidence that a box car or cars were standing…