Show Now Railroad Wants Damages for Having Killed Auto Driver I First Suit of Its Kind Ever Filed Started in r Ea Eat East ti J The worm will turn it if given time The Chicago Chicag Eastern DUnois DU- DU nois Railroad company company- company company- has filed i suit against the estate of ot Harper Daniels demanding damages dam- dam ages On June 3 1916 at a highway crossing near Bismarck In Daniels drove his car ear over the crossing just as the New Chicago-New Orleans limited oame came along The car was dragged along the tracks for a distance of feet until a crossover frog was reached This This' checked the movement movement move move- ment of ment-of of the car and resulted in a ajam ajam ajam jam sufficient to derail the loco loco motive Dani Daniels Js was caught un under under under un- un der the wreck but lived a half hour after being removed Charles Everhart the engineer received injuries which caused his death Everhart's widow brought suit against the Daniels estate demanding demanding de demanding de- de manding and later the railroad brought similar action holding that Daniels approached the railroad crossing without checking speed of his car car carand and looking in either direction to see If a train was approaching The damage to the engine cars track and delay to the train coin coin- was waa co computed com com- 1 to be The railroad asks the estate of the car owner to pay this sum So far as known this Is the first I case of the kind ever filed |