Frederickson v. Iowa Central Railway Co.

Plaintiff’s intestate was killed by a train on a highway crossing, intersecting a railroad track' and about two miles north of Northwood, Iowa, over which both the defendant and the Chicago, Pock Island & Pacific Pailroad Company operate trains. The evidence, fairly shows that the deceased started from Northwood for home between two and half past two o’clock in the afternoon, driving a single horse hitched to a sleigh. No witness who testified on the trial saw the accident; but a witness for the plaintiff, who lived near the crossing, found Frederickson fatally injured a short distance…