Barnett v. New York Central Railroad

The duty of an engineer when crossing public highways in rural districts is to exercise ordinary and reasonable care, so far as the public are concerned, in view of the danger involved, to keep a lookout for such crossings *637to avoid collision with and injury to objects, vehicles and persons using them. (2 Thomp. Neg. § 1592; Morris v. Lake Shore & M. S. Railway Co., 148 N. Y. 182, 185; Doll v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 52 App. Div. 575; Doyle v. Penn. R. R. Co., 139 N. Y. 637; Harty v. Central R. R. Co: of N. J., 42 id. 468, 472; Chrystal v. Troy & Boston R. R. Co., 105 id. 164, 169; Spooner v.…