Jones v. Southern Railway Co.

Legge, Justice.

Shortly after midnight on October 18, 1957, a-tractor-trailer being driven by the plaintiff southward.. on U. S. Highway No. 521, in a dense fog, struck a moving freight train of the defendant at a crossing some three miles south of Camden, S. C. He brought this action for damages for personal injuries sustained in the collision, which he alleged had resulted from negligence and willfullness on the defendant’s part in failing to give proper warning of the presence of the train across the highway. By its answer the defendant denied fault on its part and pleaded contributory…