Hamilton v. . R. R.

In speaking of the Southern Railway Company, it will be referred to as the "Southern" and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, as the "Seaboard."

This is an action in the final analysis for actionable negligence, brought by plaintiff against the defendants as joint tort-feasors. The plaintiff contends that there was a track at Franklin, Va., in the shape of a semi-circle, connecting the two defendants' railroads that has parallel lines, known as an "exchange track." The main line of the Southern was on the east side and the Seaboard on the west. That this "exchange track" was used for the…