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Downey v. Detroit, Toledo Ironton Rd. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Apr 2, 1952
105 N.E.2d 589 (Ohio 1952)

Opinion

No. 32979

Decided April 2, 1952.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Negligence — Contributory negligence — Unlighted railroad car pushed onto grade crossing — Signalman's failure to warn — Train whistle not sounded — Driver's failure to effectively look and listen — Contributory negligence as matter of law, when — Driver fails to ascertain train moving where view unobstructed — Doctrine of emergency not applicable, when — Court of Appeals — Unanimous concurrence not necessary to reverse, when — Contributory negligence a matter of law — Jurisdiction — Section 6, Article IV, Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Jackson county.

Mr. Harry B. Reese, Mr. Henry S. Willard and Mr. H. Browne Reese, for appellant.

Mr. Thomas H. Monger, for appellee.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, STEWART, MIDDLETON, TAFT, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Downey v. Detroit, Toledo Ironton Rd. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Apr 2, 1952
105 N.E.2d 589 (Ohio 1952)
Case details for

Downey v. Detroit, Toledo Ironton Rd. Co.

Case Details

Full title:DOWNEY, APPELLANT v. DETROIT, TOLEDO IRONTON RD. CO., APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Apr 2, 1952

Citations

105 N.E.2d 589 (Ohio 1952)
105 N.E.2d 589

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