White v. Illinois Cent. R.

Citations

• 114 La. 825
• 38 So. 574
• 1905 La. LEXIS 547

Syllabus

<p>BAIIROADS — INJURY TO PERSON ON TRACK— TRESPASSERS.</p> <p>1. To walk along the middle of a railroad track between crossings on a dark night without from time to time looking in both directions for trains upon the road, and without listening attentively for the noise of the moving-cars and watching for the flashing of the headlights as well as for the sound of bell or whistle, is gross negligence.</p> <p>2. Trespassers walking in the middle of a railroad track on a dark night, taking no precautions for their own safety, cannot throw upon the trainmen the entire duty of securing the same through unusual vigilance and extraordinary promptness and coolness. They are not permitted to disregard themselves all prudential measures, and exact them in an unusual degree from the railroad corporations.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>