Buffington v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad

The plaintiff filed suit for the killing of her nineteen-year-old son by a locomotive and train operated by the defendant. The amended petition contains two counts, both alleging that the homicide occurred on a public crossing at about mid*86night, that the air was impregnated with fog and smoke to the extent that it obscured the vision of the deceased as .he approached the crossing, and “so dense that objects could not be seen except at close range;” that about 40 feet from the crossing and 25 feet above the ground, an electric light was burning and shedding light on and along the street and…