Louisville & I. R. v. Schuester

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

Gruetig’s lane, a public road, crosses appellant’s track a short distance east of the corporate limits of the city of Louisville, and near the crossing-, at which appellant maintains an automatic electric alarm bell, there is a building on the western edge of the highway, which is 27 feet from the railroad track, with a porch that extends to within about 16 feet of the track.

At about ten a. m. June 21,1916, appellee, driving his automobile truck, loaded with milk and passengers, north on Gruetig’s lane, attempted to cross appellant’s track at the…