Murdock v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad

Citations

• 77 Miss. 487

Syllabus

<p>1. EailRoads. Passing between ca/rs. Contributory negligence.</p> <p>A plaintiff who undertook, in an open railroad yard, to pass between two cars of a standing freight train, coupled together, when an engine was approaching for the purpose of moving the train, and in so attempting had his foot crushed between the drawheads, was guilty of contributory negligence and cannot recover of the railroad company.</p> <p>2. Same. IAcensee. Looking and listening.</p> <p>A plaintiff in such case is not relieved from the consequences oí his own negligence by the fact that he was a licensee and looked and listened but did not see or hear the approaching engine, if under the circumstances he should have seen or heard it. •</p>