Teague v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for damages which resulted from a train of the appellee railroad company striking appellant’s automobile truck which he was driving, and injuring him, at a grade crossing in the city of Texarkana, Ark. It was based on the alleged negligence of appellee in failing to- maintain a proper warning of the approach of the train.

The collision occurred in the daytime on Jackson street where the railroad crosses it at slightly less than right angles. Appellant testified that he was not familiar with the crossing; that as he approached it he stopped, looked, and…