MEADOWS v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY


412 S.W.2d 233 (1967)

James E. MEADOWS, Appellant, v. The CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren M. Briggs, Cleveland, Ohio, Eldon L. Webb, Ashland, for appellant.

Porter M. Gray, John M. Williams, Gray, Woods & Cooper, Ashland, Atkinson & Atkinson, Greenup, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

Plaintiff appellant, driving an automobile, was struck by defendant appellee's passenger train on a public railroad crossing. He survived, and in this suit for damages the trial court directed a verdict for defendant at the close of plaintiff's evidence. Assuming defendant was negligent in the operation of its train, our question is whether plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law.

The accident happened at 1:30 a. m. on...

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