Baker v. Bridges

The judgment appealed from is for $650, the value of an automobile destroyed in a collision at a railway crossing in the town of Troup. The negligence relied on was the failure to ring the bell and blow the whistle as required by law, and running the train at a greater rate of speed than was permitted by the ordinances of the town of Troup. The evidence shows that the railroad at that point runs practically north and south. At the time of the accident Part-ney, the driver of the automobile, approached the crossing from the east. The main line of the railroad was obscured by an elevated…