Director General of Railroads v. Nicewanner

Appellee sued to recover, damages for the death of her decedent, who was killed at a crossing in the city of Evansville by a collision between an automobile which he was driving and a locomotive drawing *465a freight train on a railroad operated by. appellant. The complaint alleged that the defendant (appellant) was negligent in the following particulars: (a) that he operated his train without a sufficient headlight; (b) at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles an hour in violation of a city ordinance prohibiting a speed greater than eight miles; (c) that he failed to give any signal or warning…