Legal Opinion
Davis' Administrator v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided November 2, 1916PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from McCreary Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Thomas
Reversing.
On November 14, 1913, Oscar Davis, wbo was then twenty-one years of age, was killed by the wrecking’ of a passenger ti;ain cansing the engine to overturn and fall on him, producing instant death. The train was being *57operated by the defendant, appellee, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Eailway Company, and the decedent was the fireman thereon. The accident occurred about three hundred yards north of a small town in Tennessee, called Annadell, and the wreck was produced by the engine in some way getting off the track and running off on the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- American Railroad Co. of Porto Rico v. DidricksenSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- L. & N. R. R. v. Massie's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
3Cited by8 opinions
- Gonzales v. Pacific Greyhound LinesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Orta v. Porto Rico Railway Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1927
- Parks v. ParksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- Daniels v. DanielsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- David D. Morran v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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