Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Bobo
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Actions by J. W. Bobo, administrator of the estate of Walter Owens, deceased, by S. C. Moore, administrator of the estate of Ivy B. Douglas, deceased, and by E. O. McCoy against the Memphis S’treet Railway Company. There were judgments for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SESSIONS, District Judge.
The Memphis Street Railway Company (defendant) operates -an interurban electric railway from the city of Memphis to the town of Raleigh, running east and west through the town of Binghamton, where it crosses at right angles the double tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad. On September 17, 1914, at about 6:30 p. m., a train of defendant’s cars, consisting of a motor par and a trailer, approached this crossing from the west and stopped to allow a long southbound freight train to pass upon the west set of the Illinois Central tracks. While the freight train was…
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