Jones v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.

*572These are personal injury suits. The truck in which plaintiffs were riding was struck by one of the engines of the defendant at a public but unmarked crossing just outside the city limits of Nashville. At this point, the tracks of defendant railroad crossed Rosebank Avenue, a public road. Generally Rosebank Avenue runs east and west and the railroad runs north and south.

At the conclusion of plaintiffs ’ evidence, the trial judge sustained a motion of defendant to direct a verdict on each count of each declaration and plaintiff's’ suits were dismissed. The Court of Appeals reversed.

The…