Southern Railway Co. v. Reynolds

Beck, J'.

(After stating the facts.) 1. The court below did not err in refusing to grant a nonsuit, nor in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendants. There was evidence from which the jury were authorized to find, that the plaintiff was injured on a public crossing by the running of defendant company’s train, that the engineer negligently failed to observe the blow-post law, that he did not check the speed of his train as he approached the crossing where the injury was inflictft upon the plaintiff; and if the plaintiff’s testimony is accepted as true, it was through no fault of his own…