Section 77-9-229 - Backing into or along a passenger depot; penalty

It shall be unlawful to back a train of cars, or part of a train, or an engine into or along a passenger depot at a greater rate of speed than three (3) miles an hour. Every such train, part of a train, or engine backing into or along a passenger depot, and within fifty (50) feet thereof, shall, for at least three hundred (300) feet before it reaches or comes opposite to such depot, be preceded by a servant of the railroad company on foot, not exceeding forty (40) nor under twenty (20) feet in advance, to give warning. For every injury inflicted by a railroad company while violating this section, the party injured may recover full damages without regard to mere contributory negligence.A failure to observe this section shall cause a railroad company to be liable to a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.Codes, 1871, § 2423; 1880, § 1049; 1892, §§ 3549, 3551; 1906, §§ 4047, 4049; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 6671, 6673; 1930, §§ 6119, 6128; 1942, §§ 7771, 7780.