Krieger v. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad

On November 21, 1904, three teams drawing heavy loads of stone on the St. Charles road, which runs east and west, approached from the west the crossing of the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago railroad, which runs north and south across the highway. Andrew Anderson was driving the first team, and Christ Krieger, defendant in error, was driving the second, with a space of somewhere from eight to fifteen feet between them. Pete Anderson was driving the third team. There were two tracks, and the west one was the main track, on which passenger cars were run. The first wagon passed safely over the track,…