Thompson v. Mississippi Cent. R.

Appellant’s decedent was killed at a grade crossing on appellee’s railroad line, and suit was instituted against the railroad compairf, predicated principally upon the charge that the railroad employees had failed to comply with the familiar statute, section 6125, Code 1930, which requires the blowing of a whistle or the ringing of a bell when approaching public crossings. The preponderance of the evidence supports the railroad that the statutory signals were in fact sounded, and there was a verdict for the defendant railroad company. Bnt in examining the instructions next to be mentioned,…