Jackson v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad

Citations

• 89 Miss. 32
• 42 So. 236

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Crossing accident. Contributory negligence. Looking and listening.</p> <p>Where one driving in a vehicle on a rural highway approached a railroad crossing, with an. unobstructed view of the track for a mile or more, and, after waiting for a freight train to pass, drove on the track, without either stopping, looking, or listening, he was guilty of contributory negligence, precluding recovery for injuries sustained in a collision with a-train following the freight train, though no train was scheduled to pass on the track at that place at that time, and' no signals were given of the approach of train causing damage, as required by statute, and though he acted on the supposition that no other train would immediately follow the freight.</p>