Louisville & N. R. v. Lankford's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The dismembered body of Gilbert Lankford was discovered about daylight June 25, 1933, on the track of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company just inside the corporate limits of the city of Harlan. Frank Lankford, brother of the deceased, qualified as administrator of his estate and brought this action against the railroad company to recover damages for the death of Gilbert Lankford allegedly caused by the negligent operation of one of the defendant’s freight trains at or near a street crossing in the city of Harlan. It was also alleged in the…