Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Cruse
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case — 62—ACTION BY ELIZABETH CRUSE AGAINST THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RY. CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, Appeal from Larue, Circuit Court. Samuel E. Jones, Circuit Judge. Judgment for Plaintiff.
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Case — 62—ACTION BY ELIZABETH CRUSE AGAINST THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RY. CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, Appeal from Larue, Circuit Court. Samuel E. Jones, Circuit Judge. Judgment for Plaintiff. Defendant appeals. 1. We contend that under the evidence in the case, taking the same view of the law as the trial court, we were entitled to a peremptory instruction along the line submitted in our argument of the case; that the court erred in submitting to the jury that they should find for the plaintiff, if they believed the station platform was not lighted; for the reason there was no such…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Barker
Reversing.
During tlie month, of September, 1904, the appellee, Elizabeth Cruse, took passage on one of appellant’s *465trains running from Cecilia Junction to. Louisville, Ky.; the latter place being reached about 8 o’clock p. m. on the day of the passage. She was accompanied by two small children, and had as baggage two valises. When the train reached the depot in Louisville, the younger of the children was asleep, and when the mother undertook to alight from the car she carried the sleeping child, and one of the valises; the other child, who seems to have been old enough…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lafflin v. . Buffalo Southwestern R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Yarnell v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- People v. . ElliottNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Sevier v. Vicksburg & Meridian RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
- Raben v. Central Iowa Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1887
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. BowmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
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