Stanford v. Southern Railway Co.

The plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when a truck driven by him was struck by the defendant’s train at a public-road crossing. At the close of the evidence upon the trial the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. The bill of exceptions complains that the court erred in directing the verdict, and also in a previous order overruling a demurrer to a part of the defendant’s answer. The only allegations of negligence were as follows: “No blow-post for said crossing had been erected on said track 400 yards east of the same, and *320the whistle of said…