Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Barlow

This is an action to recover damages for'personal injuries and for the loss .of an automobile sustained at a grade crossing by a collision between an automobile driven by' the defendant in error and a freight train operated by the plaintiff in error. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff below; the railway company assigns error. The parties will be referred to in the positions they occupied in the trial court. \

The physical facts at and around the crossing are 'as follows. The right of way of the defendant company extends approximately east and west, with the public highway *865crossi…