Legal Opinion
Cochran's Administrators v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 13, 1929PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Drury, Commissioner
Affirming.
The trial court gave a peremptory instruction, for the defendant, and plaintiffs have appealed:
The allegations of their petition are that plaintiff’s intestate, Carl Cochran, then a resident of and domiciled in Greenup county, Ky., was on September 5, 1926, at a public and much-used crossing in the village of Wurtland in said county negligently struck by an engine and train of cars controlled and operated by defendant, by which he was so injured that he died a few hours thereafter.
The defendant maintains a three-track railroad through this…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hunter v. N. Y., Ontario & Western R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. ChambersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mann's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Stuart's Admr. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad v. Goetz's adm'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Stacy v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Ruschetti's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Wigginton's Adm'r v. Louisville Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- City of Ludlow v. AlbersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Park Circuit Realty Co. v. Ringo's GuardianCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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