Burnett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Herbert Burnett brought a suit for personal injuries against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, in which he made substantially the following allegations: About one hundred yards south of the depot of the defendant in Fairmount its main line of track and adjacent side-track cross a frequently traveled public highway at grade. The approach of said highway to the crossing from the west for approximately a quarter of a mile is down a steep decline to within about twenty feet of defendant’s line of track; whereupon the highway abruptly changes to an incline and mounts a fill about five…