RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY v. LEAK

No. 285.

163 U.S. 280 (1896)

RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. LEAK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.W. Bennett for plaintiff in error submitted on his brief.

Mr. Orlando W. Powers for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

1. At the trial the defendant asked the court to instruct the jury that "it was the duty of the plaintiff before he crossed the line of defendant's railway, or approached it so closely that he might be injured by cars passing thereon, to look and listen up and down the track for approaching cars, and if he failed to so look and listen just prior to and up to the time of the accident, and...

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