Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Price

This litigation arose in this way: William Clifford Price, on October 8, 1960, while driving his automobile south on the Bayou Chico Road in Jackson County, intent upon crossing the railroad track of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at the public crossing thereon, was struck by a train of said railroad. In his declaration, he charged that the employees of the Railroad Company were operating the train at a careless and negligent rate of speed over a dangerous crossing, without keeping a reasonable and proper lookout for vehicles on the highway, and without complying with the…