JONES v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R.R.


241 S.W.2d 572 (1951)

JONES et al. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R.R.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Lackey and Robert H. Polk, Nashville, for appellants.

Walker & Hooker, Nashville, for appellees.


PREWITT, Justice.

These are personal injury suits. The truck in which plaintiffs were riding was struck by one of the engines of the defendant at a public but unmarked crossing just outside the city limits of Nashville. At this point, the tracks of defendant railroad crossed Rosebank Avenue, a public road. Generally Rosebank Avenue runs east and west and the railroad runs north and south.

At the conclusion of plaintiffs' evidence, the trial judge sustained...

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