Groves v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

(after stating the facts). Should the court have directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground of plaintiff’s contributory negligence? We think this question must be answered in the affirmative. If plaintiff looked to the right when 2 rods back from the first track and about 50 feet back from the point of collision, he must have looked indifferently, carelessly, as the motor car was then coming from the north. The section hands testify that they “hollered” to him and this is corroborated by one of plaintiff’s witnesses who heard them “screaming” 20 rods away. Plaintiff testifies that he…