#### Mathew King, plaintiff in error, v. Chicago & Alton Railroad Company and John Barton Payne, director general of railroads, defendants in error.

Action for personal injuries received by plaintiff when struck by one of defendants’ trains at a crossing. Verdict directed for defendants. Error to the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Louis Bernreuter, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1922.

Affirmed.

Opinion filed September 23, 1922.

B. F. Tunnell, Jr., for plaintiff in error. C. E. Pope, for defendants in error; Silas H. Strawn, of counsel.

Mr. Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion of the court.