CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO. v. WATKINS

No. 5626.

37 F.2d 710 (1930)

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO. v. WATKINS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. G. Farmer and A. K. Merrill, both of Dothan, Ala. (Farmer, Merrill & Farmer, of Dothan, Ala., on the brief), for appellant.

T. M. Espy, of Dothan, Ala. (J. M. Loflin, of Enterprise, Ala., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellee recovered damages for personal injuries sustained by him in a collision between an automobile in which he was riding and a passenger train of the appellant railroad company.

The declaration alleged that appellant was negligent in failing to give warning by bell or whistle as the train approached the crossing. The defense was based on pleas of not guilty and contributory negligence.

The collision occurred in a small town...

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