Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Redding
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; James Cochran, Judge; The company is not required to construct a footway across the tracks between the ends of the sidewalks at the street crossing, and no liability was incurred for the injury. There was .a well-constructed crossing 15 to 25 feet wide in the middle of the street.
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Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; James Cochran, Judge; The company is not required to construct a footway across the tracks between the ends of the sidewalks at the street crossing, and no liability was incurred for the injury. There was .a well-constructed crossing 15 to 25 feet wide in the middle of the street. Act No. 36, Acts 1905, amending ^ 6681 Kirby’s Digest and IB. § § 6682, 6683; Act No. 301, Acts 1907, § 1. The council had passed no ordinance under this act. The court erred in its instructions. The sidewalk was -a part of the street and it-was appellant’s duty to…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellee undertook to cross appellant’s railroad track at the principal street crossing in Bigelow, Arkansas, a town of a thousand or fifteen hundred inhabitants. It was alleged in the complaint that appellant had failed to make the crossing safe for pedestrians. There ^was proof to the effect that appellee’s fall and injury were attributable to the condition of the track at the point where she crossed. The evidence shows that there was a safe crossing in the middle of the street, about 16 feet wide; but the proof also shows that while this space could be used by pedestrians in crossing the…
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