Legal Opinion
Wolford v. Majestic Colleries Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 28, 1921PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of tits Court by
Judge Quin
— Reversing.
In this suit Instituted by appellant, damages were sought for injuries .sustained by him growing out of the alleged negligence of appellee in the operation of a car on its line of railway between Cedar, W. Va., and the company’s mine at Majestic, a distance of about two miles.
The lower court sustained demurrers to the petition and to the petition as amended, complaining of which this appeal has been prosecuted.
Appellee owns and -operates a coal mine at Majestic’ Ky., and so as to reach the main line of the Norfolk and Western Railway at Cedar, W.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Joseph & Western Railroad v. WheelerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
- Rosenbaum v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Mathews v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Owens v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
3Cited by3 opinions
- D. E. Hewitt Lumber Co. v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- Electric Bakeries v. Stacy's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Durbin v. Louisville N. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949