Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co. v. Hancock's Adm'x

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Beversing.

B. C. Hancock was killed when an automobile in which he was riding struck a pillar of a railroad underpass on highway No. 41-W, a few miles south of Hopkinsville. His administratrix recovered a judgment for $5,000 against the appellant, Tennessee Central Bail-way Company, on the ground of negligence in erecting and maintaining the viaduct.

"When the railroad was built in 1903, a change was made in the highway, and the bridge was built to avoid a grade crossing. It is about 87 feet between the extreme piers. The middle supports are two…