L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Mottley
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. John M. Galloway, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. AUTHORITIES CITED. Statement. — .Secs. 1 and 2, Amendatory Act. to Regulate Commerce, approved June 29, 1906. Mottley et ux. v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 150 Fed. 406-13; Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley et ux., 211 U. S. 31. 1. Free Passes. — Knox v. Lee and Parker v. Davis (Legal Tender Oases), 12 Wall. 550-51; Bullard v. Northern Pac.
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Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. John M. Galloway, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. AUTHORITIES CITED. Statement. — .Secs. 1 and 2, Amendatory Act. to Regulate Commerce, approved June 29, 1906. Mottley et ux. v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 150 Fed. 406-13; Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley et ux., 211 U. S. 31. 1. Free Passes. — Knox v. Lee and Parker v. Davis (Legal Tender Oases), 12 Wall. 550-51; Bullard v. Northern Pac. R. Co., 45 Am. &, Eng. R. Cases, 234, 242-3, 245, 11 L. R. A..246; 8 Cyc., at ■page 997; Newport News & M. Y. 'Co., v. McDonald Brick…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Barker
Affirming.
Tn 1871 the appellees, Erasmus L. Mottley and Annie E. Motley, his wife, were seriously injured in an accident occurring to 'one of appellant’s passenger trains while they were being transported as passengers from their home, in (Bowling G-reen) to Louisville, Ky. In full settlement of all claims for damages on the part of the appellees, the 'appellant agreed, in writing, to furnish them free transportation over its line for the remainder of their lives. The contract is as follows: “Louisville, Ky., Oct. 2, 1871. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad…
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