L & N R R v. Hahn's Adm'r
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 31. — ACTION BY CHARLES A. HAHN’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R. CO. AND ANOTHER. Appeal from Nelson Circuit Court. George W. Stone, Special Judge., Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. The trial court erred in refusing to peremptorily instruct the ' jury to find for appellants.
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CASE 31. — ACTION BY CHARLES A. HAHN’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R. CO. AND ANOTHER. Appeal from Nelson Circuit Court. George W. Stone, Special Judge., Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. The trial court erred in refusing to peremptorily instruct the ' jury to find for appellants. Plaintiff’s theory is that decedent, a fireman for the L. & N., was knocked from his engine, while in motion, by a semaphore pole alongside of, and negligently close to, the track. But no one saw the accident. We are left wholly to conjecture…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Wm. Rogers Clay, Com. misskmer
Affirming.
This action was instituted in the Nelson circuit court by W. Gr. Hahn, as administrator of Charles A. Hahn, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville *254Bailroad Company, the Illinois Central Bailroad Company, and'the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge & Bail-road Company to recover damages for the destruction of the life of Charles A. Hahn. The trial court gave a peremptory instruction in favor of the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge & Bailroad Company. The jury returned a verdict against the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cincinnati, R. Co. v. Sampson's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Vaughan's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- L. & N. R. R. v. RoeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- Perkins v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1912