Commonwealth v. Illinois Central R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Hickman Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Affirming.
The appellee, Illinois Central Eailroad Company, was indicted in the court below for the crime of involuntary manslaughter, committed as, in substance, alleged, by its: servants in charge of an engine and cars, which they, unlawfully and with gross and willful negligence ran at unreasonable speed into another of appellee’s cars in which John Benedict was a passenger, whereby the latter was killed.
The Circuit Court sustained a demurrer to and dismissed the indictment, and from the judgment manifesting those rulings, the Commonwealth has appealed.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- York v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1884
- Conner v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
- People v. Rochester Railway & Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
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- Spriggs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
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