Village of Atwood v. Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad

The president and board of trustees of the village of Atwood on February 13, 1922, passed an ordinance requiring the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad Company, within sixty days after notice of the passage and publication of the ordinance, to station and maintain a flag-: man at the intersection of County Line street with the railroad from eight o’clock in the morning until six o’clock in the afternoon of each day. The ordinance declared that such a flagman was necessary for the safety of the general public, and subjected the railroad company, for its refusal or neglect to comply,…