Noel v. New Iberia N. R. Co.

While plaintiff was driving his Ford coupé automobile at a crossing over a track of defendant company, his auto collided with a rear box car of a train which was being backed on a switch track.

The auto was demolished as a result of the* collision, for which plaintiff dbtained judgment below for $175, with legal interest from judicial demand.

Defendant company appeals.

The district judge said that defendant company had attempted to prove by its witnesses that the whistle had been blown, the bell sounded, and that a flagman who stood at the crossing had screamed at the top of his voice in a vain…