Gulf Line Railway Co. v. Way

1. Emma Way sued the Gulf Line Eailway Company for damages for the homicide of her husband, Norman Way. The substance of the petition now material is: The deceased was killed by being run over by a passenger-train of the defendant, a few hundred yards south of Powell’s Still station, at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Prior to, and at the time of the homicide, it “was the general custom of pedestrians to walk along and near the track of the defendant from Powell’s Still to a point on the far side of Big Creek.” Decedent'was walking from Powell’s Still towards Big Creek, “along the right of…