Priester v. Southern Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice! Stabue!r.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, W. H. Priester, in August, 1924, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of personal injuries received by his wife, in a collision between an automobile in which they were both riding and of the defendants’ passenger trains at a public crossing, near Valentine, in Hampton County, on July 3, 1921. The action was grounded upon the alleged negligence and recklessness of the defendants in failing to construct and maintain the crossing and the approaches thereto in…