Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Harmon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided May 9, 1913PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
On January 7, 1913, the hoard of council of Prestonsburg, a city of the fifth class, passed the following ordinance.
“The city council of the City of Prestonsburg, Ky, do ordain as follows:
All railroad companies or persons engaged in operating or in control of any line of railroad extending over any roads or. streets in the city of Prestonsburg, Ky., shall at each and all of said crossings, where locomotives or trains of any kind are run, provide, maintain and operate safety gates of the design and mechanism suitable for the protection of persons…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. City of JacksonvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Town of Crown PointIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
- Boyd v. Board of CouncilCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Lawrence v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. BerryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Lossing v. HughesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Hopkins CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Illinois Central Railroad v. McGuire's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- City of Harrodsburg v. Southern Ry. Co. in Ky.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
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