Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Taylor

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellee, Mrs. Jeanette W. Taylor, recovered a judgment for $4,402.48 for personal injuries and special damages against the appellants, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and City of Louisville.

Frankfort Avenue is a heavily traveled east and west thoroughfare. A double track railroad crosses the avenue diagonally, forming an “X”. The concrete sidewalks terminate at the railroad right of way but the asphalt or “blacktop” street paving widens and extends over the street where the sidewalks would be were they *610projected across the railroad right of way. The tracks…