Jobe v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad

Citations

• 71 Miss. 734

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroads. Injury at crossing. Contributory negligence.</p> <p>One familiar with a crossing, knowing that obstructions prevent seeing and hearing an approaching train ; knowing that a train is about due, and who, after stopping thirty or forty feet from the track, and looking and listening for a moment, drives his wagon thereon, without again stopping and looking in the direction from which the train is due, cannot recover for injuries sustained in being struck by the train, though the defendant was negligent as to signals and in running in a town at an unlawful speed.</p> <p>2. Same. Obstructed view. Greater care in crossing.</p> <p>Where the view of the track is obstructed, the traveler must use greater care in crossing a railroad.</p>