Court Opinion

ID: 9683038
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:21:24.509701+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:19:36.276871
License: Public Domain

McGehee, C. J.
(dissenting).
If on the occasion complained of the plaintiff had been unfamiliar with the location of the railroad track and its close proximity to buildings that he saw in approaching the same, I think we would have a different case than that presented here. But when a motorist is thoroughly familiar with the location of a railroad track and the relative distance therefrom of buildings which he sees and passes while approaching the same, there would seem to be no reason or excuse for his driving his car against a train that is lawfully occupying the crossing' for the legitimate purposes of the railroad’s business, and I think when a motorist does drive his automobile against a train under such circumstances his injuries are due solely to his own negligence and that there is no liability against the railroad company on account thereof.