Fluckey v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Action by Mrs. Basset Fluckey administratrix, and others, against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
Mr. and Mrs. Fluckey, in an automobile which he was driving northerly along a street in Memphis, undertook to cross the tracks of the Southern Railway Company. A gasoline motor car, operated by the railway in interurban service was ap-' proa ching from the west. There was a collision, in which Mr. Fluckey was killed and his wife hurt. She brought this suit in the court below to recover damages, and, after a trial, the court directed a verdict for the defendant, upon the ground of contributory negligence. She brings the case here on error, claiming that the queston of…
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