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Louisville & Frankfort Railroad v. Ballard

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided July 6, 1859PublishedCited by 39 opinions

CASE 37 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROM OLDHAM CIRCUIT COURT. cited 14 B. Mon., 81; 5 Denio, 266; 4 Comstock, 349 ; Bierce on Amer. Railroad Law, pp. 322, 323, 324, 325, 329; 11 Barb., 112; 13 lb., 493; 14 lb., 365; 22 lb., 574; 5 Denio, 255 and 266; 2 Zabriskie, 185 ; 10 Foster, 203; 2 Gibbs, 255-6 ; 16 III., 198 ; 17 lb., 131, 541, 581; Redfield on Railways, pp. 371, 394, sub-sec. 6; 23 Vermont, 387; 19 Penn.

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CASE 37 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROM OLDHAM CIRCUIT COURT. cited 14 B. Mon., 81; 5 Denio, 266; 4 Comstock, 349 ; Bierce on Amer. Railroad Law, pp. 322, 323, 324, 325, 329; 11 Barb., 112; 13 lb., 493; 14 lb., 365; 22 lb., 574; 5 Denio, 255 and 266; 2 Zabriskie, 185 ; 10 Foster, 203; 2 Gibbs, 255-6 ; 16 III., 198 ; 17 lb., 131, 541, 581; Redfield on Railways, pp. 371, 394, sub-sec. 6; 23 Vermont, 387; 19 Penn. State Rep., 298. cited 17 B. Mon., 106 to 111; 14 B. Mon., 75 to 82.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE WOOD

DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT:

This was an action commenced in the Oldham circuit court by the appellee against the appellant to recover the value of a mare, alleged to have been willfully, wantonly, recklessly, and negligently run over and against by cars of appellant, and thereby so severely wounded and crippled as to be rendered wholly useless to appellee.

In the first part of the petition it is alleged that the mare, without the fault or knowledge of appellee, got upon the rail*178road' of appellant, and while there running at full speed, attempting to escape the cars, she was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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3Cited by39 opinions

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  3. Carrol v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  4. Maine v. CumstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  5. Hall v. . QuinnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925

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