Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Winham

In an action for damages against a railroad company tlie petition alleged, among other things, the following in substance: The defendant left a box-car standing at a public crossing in a town in such position that one end extended to about midway of the crossing, leaving about ten feet of the crossing unobstructed; and it was unusual and unnecessary to leave such car so standing on the crossing. The plaintiff was traveling, as a guest of another person, along the street in a buggy, which was-being drawn by a horse. The horse “was a trustworthy and gentle animal, and prior to said date was not…