Southern Ry. Co. v. Jones

One of the last, if not the very last, pronouncement of the Supreme Court on the question of what it takes to constitute wantonness on the part of a railroad company, is to be found in the case of Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Martin, 213 Ala. 617, 619, 105 So. 805, 806, where it is said:

“One of the precautions- or duties imposed upon trainmen in passing a point known by them to be in such continuous use as a passway by pedestrians that some one is likely to be in a position of danger is to keep 'a lookout. If a curve in the track cuts off a proper lookout by the engineer, the duty devolves.upon…