Washington v. Y. & M. V. R. R.

Plaintiff sustained bodily injuries in a collision between a motor truck on which he was riding and a train of freight cars owned and operated by defendant, and he seeks by this action to recover judgment for damages.

The collision occurred on July 19, 1926, where Velva Street crosses defendant’s railroad, in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana. The crossing is at grade.

Plaintiff alleges that the collision was caused solely by defendant’s negligence in that (1) the train was moving at more than six miles an hour in violation of an ordinance of the city limiting the speed of trains within the…