Ohio Valley Electric Railway Co. v. Webb

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $1,700.00 for personal injuries inflicted on appellee by appellant’s motorman.

The facts are these: On the afternoon of January 30, 1920, appellee and his companion, Charles Lovejoy, boarded one of appellant’s cars in Ashland for the pulpóse of going to their home in Catlettsburg. Lovejoy was intoxicated, and appellee had had two or three drinks. Lovejoy stopped in the smoker, and appellee went into the. main part of the car and took a seat. Love-joy, who had a ten dollar bill, indicated his purpose to p'ay the…