Louisville & N. R. v. Complete Auto Transit, Inc.

DUNCAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment against appellant in favor of appellee for the sum of $3,467.91, growing out of an accident on a public crossing at Parksville, Kentucky, on April 12, 1951, when appellee’s truck-carrier trailer truck was struck by one of appellant’s freight trains after the trailer truck had been “hung” on the crossing. The truck-carrier was 43 feet long and was constructed to carry three trucks but was carrying only two at the time of the collision. The load was 13 feet, 6 inches high and 96 inches wide.

After the carrier “hung” on the track, a train was heard…