Case Name: B. & O. RD. CO. v. METZ
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1927-12-19
Citations: 6 Ohio Law Abs. 301
Docket Number: 
Parties: B. & O. RD. CO. v. METZ.
Judges: (Levine and Vickery, JJ., concur.)
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 6
Pages: 301–301

Head Matter:
B. & O. RD. CO. v. METZ.
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist, Cuyahoga Co.
Decided Dec. 19, 1927.
Tolies, Hogsett & Ginn, Cleveland, for Railroad Co.
M. C. Harrison and Thos. Stevenson, Cleveland, for Metz.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, PJ.
"Reviewing the record to ascertain whether the plaintiff was guilty, as a matter of law, of contributory negligence, under the holdings in Ohio, we have come to the conclusion that the record does not sustain that claim. It appears from the facts plaintiff was driving slowly and exercising all caution necessary to warn him of an approaching train. He was driving slowly after having stopped at a gasoline station close to the intersection, and by reason of cars on side tracks, other obstructions and the' curving to the west of the railway itself, it was impossible for him to see the train approaching the station, and there is credible evidence to show that, had he stopped the truck immediately before attempting to cross the railroad tracks, the obstructions and the curving of the railroad would have obstructed his view, which was short, between the sharp curve and the intersection, so that after he returned to the truck and assumed his station as driver and started his machine, the engine of the train might have reached the intersection, before he had opportunity to save himself or the truck.
We do not think, under circumstances of this character, that there was contributory negligence as a matter of law, and we think that the facts, as exposed in the record, were such as made it a jury question, and, the same having been submitted to that tribunal, it is our judgment that we are bound by the result in the face of the record.
Holding these views, the judgment of the lower court is hereby affirmed."
(Levine and Vickery, JJ., concur.)