Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Bryant

The plaintiff, William Bryant, while crossing a railway bridge which constituted a part of the roadway of the defendant, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, was struck and injured by a motor car operated by defendant for the purpose of carrying passengers between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and he instituted this action to recover damages.

Plaintiff was walking along the railroad track, when he came to the bridge across a creek and undertook to cross it by crawling over the crossties on his hands and knees. He ivas struck by the car just as he got across the bridge and…