Baltimore & O. R. R. v. Corbin

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment of the District Court awarding $5,000 damages for the wrongful death of James R. Cor-bin in an action brought by his executrix against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The judgment was rendered on the verdict of a jury.

Plaintiff’s decedent was killed at 12:19 a. m., February 26, 1937, in a collision between the automobile which he was driving and defendant’s train at the crossing of Bates Road, Northeast, and defendant’s, right of way. Defendant’s train was proceeding in a southerly direction into Washington at a speed of between 65…