Thompson v. Railway

September 17, 1908. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Charles A. Thompson, early in the night of 23d October, 1905, was driving a wagon and pair of mules along the Two-Notch road, in Richland county. The road turns at a sharp angle to cross the track of the defendant, Seaboard Air Line Railway, and at the crossing there is a shallow ditch and a bridge on each side of the track. One of the front wheels of the wagon missed the bridge and went into the ditch, and the mules were thus held on the railroad track. The defendant's fast train, known as the Florida Limited, was approaching.…