Louisville N. R. Co. v. Alexander

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

There are two primary questions involved in this ease. One is whether the action for damages for personal injuries was commenced within one year, the period of limitation, and the other whether an employee of the appellant Railroad Company assumed the risk which resulted in his being injured. Other questions are whether the instructions were erroneous and the verdict of $10,000 excessive, but it is not necessary to decide them.

The plaintiff, now appellee, Robert Alexander, was injured while employed as a section hand in Fayette County in…