St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court. The plaintiff failed to look and listen, and was guilty of contributory negligence. 65 Ark. 235; 54 Ark. 431; 56 Ark. 439; 62 Ark. 158; Elliott, Railroads, § 1166; 61 Ark. 217; 30 Oh. St. 627; Beach, Con. Neg. § 449; Thomp.
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Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court. The plaintiff failed to look and listen, and was guilty of contributory negligence. 65 Ark. 235; 54 Ark. 431; 56 Ark. 439; 62 Ark. 158; Elliott, Railroads, § 1166; 61 Ark. 217; 30 Oh. St. 627; Beach, Con. Neg. § 449; Thomp. Neg. 426, 1237; 29 Fed. 489; Shearman & R. Neg. § 56; 57 Fed. 921.; 48 Ark. 106; 7 Vroom, 531; 95 U. S. 697; 61 .Ark. 620; 62 Ark. 238, 253; 64 Ark. 332, 364; 65 Ark. 429. The proof fails to establish negligence on the part of the appellant, and it was error to admit testimony ás to an alleged habit of negligence. 1 Greenleaf, Ev. § 13; 91…
1Opinion of the Court
Battee, -J.
T. R. Adams brought this action against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company to recover damages caused by the negligence of the defendant. He alleged in his complaint that on the 7th day of March, 1900, he was traveling from his home toward Little Rock in a wagon drawn’1 by two mules and loaded with country produce; that it was dark, about eight or nine o’clock, when he approached the crossing of the public road by the defendant’s railway; that when near the track he stopped, and looked, and listened, and, seeing no approaching train, moved on the crossing, and…
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