CLAY, Commissioner.
John Hall, 79 years old, was struck and killed on appellant's track by one of its trains. A jury awarded his administrator $15,000 plus funeral expenses. The controlling question is the railroad's right to a directed verdict.
The deceased was a trespasser. He was struck while standing outside the rail and leaning over the track, apparently trying to retrieve something with his cane. The place was 30 or 40 feet south of a crossing with light...
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