Southern Railway Co. v. Brock

Brock, a minor about eighteen years of age, brought suit against the Southern Bailway Company and its engineer, for damages resulting from being run over by an engine of the defendant company. His arm was broken and his legs crushed, rendering necessary the amputation of both legs below the knees. At the time of the injury he was walking on the track of the defendant company about 253 yards before reaching a public street crossing, and at a place which he alleged was in the limits of an incorporated town, and where the tracks, road-bed, and right of way were much traveled and frequented by…