Legal Opinion
Wadkins' Adm'x v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 23, 1956PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Commissioner.
Alva Carr Wadkins and his brother, Woots Wadkins, were instantly killed on November 14, 1952, at about 11:00 a. m., when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company at a grade crossing located approximately 300 feet east of the corporate limits of Vance-burg. An action was instituted by the personal representative of each of the decedent’s estate against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to recover damages sustained by each of their estates because of their deaths.
By agreement the suits were consolidated…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Nugent v. Nugent's Ex'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Louisville & N. Railroad v. Molloy's Admx.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- American Rolling Mill Co. v. PackCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. TyreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Blankenship v. Lloyd Blankenship Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
- Geraldine Garrison, Administratrix of the Estate of Kenneth L. Garrison, Deceased v. Jervis B. Webb CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- O'NAN v. Ecklar Moore Express, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Pivnick v. White, Getgey & Meyer Co., LPACourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
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