Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Eley

Holt, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court. ,

In this case the plaintiff, W. R. Eley, recovered a verdict and judgment for $1,000.00 against the defendant railway company. It rests upon injuries to himself and damages to his automobile suffered at a public crossing.

Myrtle is an inconsiderable station on the main line of the Norfolk and Western Railway, á 'short distance west from Suffolk. A county road, running practically north and south, crosses there this railway right of way at an angle of something like sixty-two degrees. In the southeast corner, or just south of the railroad and just…