Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Jackson's Administrator

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

J. Hunt Jackson, a youtb about 16 years of age, at about 11 p. m. on September 15, 1929, was killed at a grade crossing of a public road over the tracks of tbe appellant and defendant below, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, in the town of Bagdad, Ky. His father qualified as his administrator, and filed this action against the defendant in the Shelby circuit court to recover for his decedent’s death upon the ground that defendant had failed to comply with its duty in the maintenance of the highway across its track, whereby the horse that…