Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Burch's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay— Commissioner

Reversing.

On October 28, 1911, Alfred Burcb, a coal miner 64 years of age, was struck and killed by a passenger train owned and operated by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. His administrator brought this ‘action to recover damages for his death. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the administrator for the sum of $3,954. Judgment was entered accordingly, and the railroad company appeals.

Burch lived near Island Station in McLean County, On the morning of October 28, 1911, he boarded a train and went to Central City, some…