Note 131 — Chapter II · NEGLIGENT INTERFERENCE (continued 4)
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That in general there is no duty to look out for trespassers on the track or right of way, see also Cleveland R. Co. v. Tartt, 99 Fed. 369; Louisville R. Co. v. Jones, 191 Ala. 484; Goudreau v. Connecticut Co., 84 Conn. 406; Atlantic R. Co. v. McDonald, 135 Ga. 635; Curd v. Cincinnati R. Co., 163 Ky. 104; Baltimore R. Co. v. State, 114 Md. 536; Petur v. Erie R. Co., 151 App. Div. 578; Carter v. Erie R. Co., 33 Ohio Cir. Ct. Rep. 377; Laeve v. Missouri R. Co., (Tex. Civ. App.) 136 S. W. 1129.
Jeffries v. Seaboard R. Co., 129 N. C. 236 contra. See also Ark. Kirby’s Dig. § 6607; Tenn. Shannon’s Code, § 1574(4).
As to duty of trainmen in a place where there is a known likelihood of trespassers, see Southern R. Co. v. Donovan, 84 Ala. 141; Bullard v. Southern R. Co., 116 Ga. 644; Cincinnati R. Co. v. Blankenship, 157 Ky. 699; Risbridger v. Michigan R. Co., 188 Mich. 672; Fearons v. Kansas City R. Co., 180 Mo. 208; Eppstein v. Missouri R. Co., 197 Mo. 720; Krummack v. Missouri R. Co., 98 Neb. 773; St. Louis R. Co. v. Hodge, (Okl.) 157 Pac. 60; Whelan v. Baltimore R. Co., 70 W. Va. 442; Whalen v. Chicago R. Co., 75 Wis. 654. Contra: Baltimore R. Co. v. Welch, 114 Md. 536; Boden v. Boston R. Co., 205 Mass. 504; Haltiwanger v. Columbia R. Co., 64 S. C. 7. Compare Lowery v. Walker, [1911] A. C. 10.
The trainmen may assume that an adult trespasser, not in obvious peril, will look out for himself. Indianapolis R. Co. v. McClaren, 62 Ind. 566; Campbell v. Kansas City R. Co., 55 Kan. 536; St. Louis R. Co. v. Herrin, 6 Tex. Civ. App. 718. As to a child, see Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Morgan, 82 Pa. St. 134.