Callaway v. Moseley

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff at a public crossing in the City of Union Springs, Alabama. The claim was that while walking along a public street which crossed defendant’s track near the railway station, plaintiff was negligently run down and injured by a train of defendant. The defense was a denial of the negligence alleged, and a claim that plaintiff was herself guilty of contributory negligence, in failing to stop, look and listen to ascertain the approach of the train before crossing the track. There was a trial to a jury, a…