Railroad v. Bentz
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM MADISON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Madison County. Levi S. Woods, J.
1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.
Edward Bentz was engineer on freight train No. 84,-which left Jackson at 2:40 o’clock on. the morning of the tenth of June, 1897, destined for Mounds, Illinois. The train approached Milan about 4:20 a.m. There the engineer blew for the semaphore signal, which was set at red, and failed to receive the white signal in reply. Advancing his train still nearer, he blew again, when, according to the evidence of plaintiff below, the red signal turned to white. This, under the rules of the railroad, indicated that there were no orders and that the track was clear for him to go ahead. Upon receiving…
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