Neely V. Railroad Co.

Citations

• 33 S.C. 136
• 11 S.E. 636
• 1890 S.C. LEXIS 108

Syllabus

<p>1. The law which requires a railroad engine to give signals when about to cross a highway, was not intended for the protection of persons or cattle who happened to be at or near the crossing without intending to pass over.</p> <p>2. The trial judge erred in leaving it to the jury to say whether cattle were killed near enough to a road crossing to afford their owner that protection which the law gives to a crossing, without having distinctly defined to them what was the law upon this point.</p>