Griffie v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pope Circuit Court; William L. Moose, Judge; statement by the court. Appellant sues appellee for personal injuries, alleging various grounds of negligence.
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Appeal from Pope Circuit Court; William L. Moose, Judge; statement by the court. Appellant sues appellee for personal injuries, alleging various grounds of negligence. Appellee denied all material allegations, and set up the contributory negligence of appellant “in going upon or near defendant’s tracks at the time and place he was injured without exercising the proper precaution to protect himself from danger.” > After the evidence was heard the appellee moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor, which the court granted. Where there is evidence legally sufficient to support a verdict,…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellant was an old resident of the town of Russellville, Arkansas, and was familiar with the crossing of Jefferson Street, where his injury occurred. On the day of the injury he approached the crossing,'going from his home along a path that went in a southeast course to the crossing of Jefferson Street and the railroad. A cotton platform which obstructed his view of the railroad tracks intervened until he ascended the dump of the railroad grade and came near the tracks at the crossing. He looked west towards the depot, and there was a part of a train. He…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co. v. CrabtreeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Tiffin v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. BaskinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
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