Lou. & Nash. Railroad v. Wainscott
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 45 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROM WARREN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 2 Met., 184; Lex. and Frank. R. R. Co. vs. Ballard.'
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court:
In the regular running of the appellant’s train, with ordinary speed, near Bowling Green, the appellee’s mule was killed. In fbis action for damages for that act, alleged to have been reckless and wrongful, the jury, o.n an issue involving the question df negligence, returned a verdict for one hundred and seventy-five dollars; and the court, overruling a motion for a new trial, rendered a judgment for the damages so assessed.
The railroad is both exceedingly useful to the public and peculiarly dangerous to individual persons and *150property. In…
2Cited by7 opinions
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- Dickey v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
- Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad v. SmithOhio Supreme Court · 1871
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