Young v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming.

This is a personal injury action-. It was instituted by John Young against the Louisville & Nashville Railway Company to recover damages for injuries inflicted upon plaintiff by a freight train. At the conclusion of the evidence for plaintiff, the trial court gave peremptory instruction to the jury to find for the defendant, and, failing to obtain a new trial, plaintiff has appealed. Appellant is past 80 years of age and lived near' the railroad track. On the morning of the accident he left his home from the rear through an alley and from the alley…