New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Leopold

This is an action by appellee against appellant to recover damages on account of the death of Joseph Castleman. The complaint is in a single paragraph and alleges in substance, among other things, that while said Castleman was riding in a one-horse, covered buggy, and attempting to pass over a crossing made by the intersection of appellant’s railroad tracks with a public street in the town of Knox, appellant negligently backed an engine and tender over said crossing at a high and dangerous rate of speed, without keeping any outlook, and without ringing any bell, or sounding any whistle, or…