Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Jacobs

Citations

• 63 Ill. 178

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence—of the care required of persons in crossing a railroad track. A traveler along a public highway, which crosses the track of a railroad, is held to the exercise of proper precaution to avoid injury upon the crossing.</p> <p>3. In his approach to such crossing, it is incumbent on him to exercise care and caution by looking and listening for any train that may be approaching, so as to avoid the danger of a collision.</p> <p>3. Negligence in raib’oads—of compas'ative negligence. In an action agaiust a railroad company to recover for injuries occasioned by the alleged negligence of the company in running its train, although the servants of the company may have been guilty of negligence contributing to the injury complained of, still, if the plaintiif could, by the exercise of ordinary care and prudence, have avoided the injury, he can not recover.</p>