Tidd v. New York Central Rd.

The evidence presented by the record to the Court of Appeals and to this court is very brief. Besides the exhibits and photographs depicting the scene of the accident, the evidence consists only of the testimony of Karr, the owner and driver of the tractor, and of Tidd, the plaintiff in the action. Both were farmers living not far from the crossing and well acquainted with it.

Karr was the owner of a Ford tractor, equipped with a single seat for driving. His house was approximately twenty-four rods from the railway crossing, but his farm lay on both sides of the crossing. On the morning of…