WICKTON v. LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO.


45 F.2d 615 (1930)

WICKTON et al. v. LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO.

District Court, S. D. Mississippi, S. D.

December 22, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mize & Mize & Thompson and T. J. White, all of Gulfport, Miss., and W. J. Gex, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Smith & Johnston, of Mobile, Ala., for defendant.


HOLMES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs' intestate drove his automobile at a grade crossing in front of a fast-approaching train of defendant and was killed instantly. Alleging that the injury resulted from the failure of the railroad employees to ring the bell or blow the whistle and otherwise to use due care in operating the train, the heirs of the deceased brought this suit and obtained judgment.

The main facts surrounding the accident were disclosed by witnesses...

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