Payne v. Brown

Kelly, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action by C. M. Brown • against the Director General of Railroads, operating the Virginian Railroad, for damage to a motor truck, caused by a collision with one of the defendant’s freight trains at a public crossing. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant assigns error.

The accident occurred in the daytime just west of Jarrett, an unincorporated village. At the crossing, and for some distance in each direction therefrom, the defendant maintained four parallel tracks, which, counting from north to south, were…