Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. Conoyer

The appellee recovered damages against appellant for injuries sustained by reason of one of its passenger trains colliding with him as he was passing over the company’s track, in a wagon, at a point where it intersects a public highway near the city of Vincennes. On change of venue, the case was tried in the Pike Circuit Court, and, over appellant’s motion for a new trial, a judgment was rendered in *526favor of appellee for the damages awarded by the jury.

The cause of action in controversy is based upon the alleged negligence of the appellant in omitting to give the statutory signals when the…