Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad v. Griest
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 76 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT.' 1. The instrument under which appellant claims is a deed of bargain and sale from the P. & E. R. R. Co., and does not evidence a -consolidation of the two companies, or a merger or amalgamation of the one into and with the other. The writing contains all the words, expressions and clauses which are usual in conveyances or deeds.
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Case 76 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT.' 1. The instrument under which appellant claims is a deed of bargain and sale from the P. & E. R. R. Co., and does not evidence a -consolidation of the two companies, or a merger or amalgamation of the one into and with the other. The writing contains all the words, expressions and clauses which are usual in conveyances or deeds. (Bouvier’s Law Diet., title Deed; Patterson v. Corneal, 3 A. K. Mar., 620; Chiles v. Conleys, 2 Dana, 23; Young v. Ringo, 1 Mon., 30.) '2. No reference is made in the contract to the provisions of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Pryor
The appellant, William P. Griest, while in the employ of the Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad Com*623pany, and running one of its excursion trains from Cecilia, in Hardin county, to the city of Paducah, was severely injured by the collision of the engine with horses upon the track, by which the engine ran off the road-bed, capsized, crushing and wounding him in a frightful manner. He instituted this action against the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company and the Paducah and Elizabethtown Railroad Company, alleging in substance that the injury resulted from insufficient air-brakes,…
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