Keegan Et Al. v. Chicago

Action commenced September 3, 1946, by Christina Keegan, administratrix of the estate of Richard Keegan, deceased, and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company, a corporation, plaintiffs and respondents, to recover from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, and Henry A. Scandrett, Walter J. Cummings, and George I. Haight, trustees, defendants and appellants, for the injury and death of the deceased, Richard Keegan, as a result of a collision of a truck in which Richard Keegan was riding as a passenger and a train of defendant company. Upon a trial the issues under the pleadings and evidence were submitted to a jury, and upon its special verdict judgment was entered for the plaintiffs against the railroad company. Defendants appeal. The material facts will be set forth in the opinion.