Lorenzo Woods v. New York Central Railroad Company

The appellant, Lorenzo Woods, has appealed from the judgment of the district court directing a jury verdict in favor of the defendant carrier. A crossing watchman in the employ of the appellee, Woods was injured around three o’clock-in the morning by being run down at a railroad crossing on the main street of Springfield, Ohio, by the driver of- an .automobile who 1 failed to observe the swinging of a fed lantern and the blowing of a whistle by appellant as warning of an approaching train. The automobile driver did not report that he had injured appellant until between 7:30 and 8:00 o’clock…