Show QUEER DEFENSE IN RAILROAD CASE A novel railroad c case cane e has been going through the courts of Georgia A law of that state maizes it incumbent upon railroad companies to erect posts post yards from each road crossing and for or locomotive engineers on reaching such posts to blow thel the locomotive locomotive whistle continuously until the road is reached and to slow down his train enough to prevent possible accidents at the crossing A Mr King in attempting to cross the tile track was killed and his widow brought suit for damages Time The defense was that the law was unconstitutional inasmuch as the railroad could not with such a law in force make the scheduled time ordered for mails and passengers by the interstate commerce commission The state court gave a judgment for forthe forthe forthe the widow so did lid the United States court of appeals appeals ap ap- peals so has the supreme court of the tile Unit United d States so far as the judgment is concerned but did not pass upon the constitutionality of the law claiming that a default in the proceedings made it impossible to consider that question though two of the justices deplore the fact that the time point could not be reached and intimate very plainly their belief belief be be- lief lid that the law is unconstitutional Would it not pot be better to compel the roads to keep J a watchman at e each ch crossing to keep keel off livestock live livestock stock arid and warn drivers of vehicles 1 How man many watchmen could be paid from the cost of a trial and the judgment which is almost certain to be rendered in such a suit t Then it would be better all around The engineers of a train would know Inow that flint the track was wa's clear which would be a relief to tf him so it would be to passengers on trains and our it would be a saving of money to the railroads |