Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Rowland's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Ira Rowland, as administrator of Martha Rowland, deceased (his wife), recovered a judgment against the appellant for $15,000.00, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted. On June 10, 1924, Martha Rowland, and her daughter, Ruhy, purchased tickets at Heidelberg, Kentucky, for passage on defendant’s passenger train to Beattyville, Kentucky. When the train reached Heidelberg a torrential rain was falling. The passengers on the train who expected to alight at that station made all possible haste to leave the train and get shelter in the…