Brown v. McAdoo

I. The petition alleges three grounds of negligence, to wit, excessive speed of the train, failure to sound the whistle until within about 300 feet of the crossing, and failure to ring the bell until within about 50 feet of the crossing. The answer was a general denial an(j allegation of negligence on the part of the deceased, John A. Brown.

At the point of the accident, the line of railway runs almost due north and south, and the highway runs east and west. The country in the vicinity of the crossing is flat and approximately level. For one half to three quarters of a mile south of the…