Hines v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Citations

• 105 Wash. 178

Syllabus

<p>Railroads (66)—Accidents at Crossings—Contributory Negligence—Duty to Look and Listen. Plaintiff was not guilty of contributory negligence, as a matter of law, in driving an automobile upon a country railroad crossing, upon a dark nigbt, when he was struck by a locomotive running rapidly backwards without the usual headlight or any warning signals, where he looked before driving on the crossing for an approaching train, and saw none; the negligence of the company being largely responsible for his conduct.</p>