Crawford v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.

delivered tire opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff's intestate, Mrs. Lula Eidley Crawford, while riding on the rear seat in the automobile of J. H. Armstrong, was killed in a collision with a train of the defendant railway on a public crossing at the station in Bell Buckle. The suit is grounded (1) upon 'the railway’s nonobservance of subsections 3 and 4 of section 1574, Shannon’s Code; (2) upon common-law negligence.

Upon issues submitted under both counts of the declaration, the jury reported a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff appealed and has assigned a number of errors. Discussion is…