Gossett v. Piedmont & Northern Railway Co.

Brailsford, Justice.

These actions for personal injury and for property damage, incurred in a daytime crossing collision between a truck and a locomotive, were tried together in the court below and resulted in verdicts in favor of Blakely, the driver of the truck, and of Gossett, its owner. The railway company has appealed on one record. The sole issue here is whether verdicts should have been directed for the defendant upon the ground that Blakely was guilty of gross contributory negligence as a matter of law. We approach a decision assuming that the statutory signals were not given by the…