Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Harrison

— The defendant in error recovered damages from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company for the destruction of his' automobile by the plaintiff in error’s train. He undertook to cross the railroad track about a quarter of a mile from a curve. When he got on the track his engine choked and his car stoped. He testified in part ,as follows:

“As I drove up my wheels jumped down in the crossing my car choked down I looked around and the train was approaching. At the moment my engine choked the train wasn’t quite a quarter (%) of a mile from me, it was turning the curve when I noticed It. In…