Lancaster v. Jarrett

(after stating the facts as above). After telling the jury to find for appellants if they believed order No. 14 was delivered to appellee, nothwithstanding they might also believe he did not know it had been delivered to him, the court, in the sixth paragraph of his charge, instructed the jury to find that appellee was guilty of contributory negligence if they believed from the evidence “that the rules of the defendant required plaintiff to read the train orders delivered to him aloud in the presence of the conductor when the conductor delivered such orders, and shall further believe that, if…