Linss v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky
These were actions by Charles Linss, as administrator of his two infant daughters, deceased, against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway-Company, to recover, under the provisions of the Kentucky statute', for the death of his intestates by reason of the alleged negligence or wrongful acts of defendant. On motion for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
BARR, District Judge.
These cases are suits brought for the killing of two sisters, who were the daughters of the administrator, Charles Linss. The suits were ftrsl tried at the May term by a jury sworn in both cases. The verdict was then $1,000 in each case. A motion was made by the plaintiff for a new trial because of the smallness of the verdict. The court granted the new trial, for the reasons stated in the opinion then filed. The cases were again tried at the December term of this court, and, as in the other trial, by one jury, and the same verdict returned. The plaintiff again moved the…
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- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Kelly's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Chesapeake & Ohio R'y. Co. v. Lang's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- Brown v. EllisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
- Morris v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1885
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