Ill. Central Ry. Co. v. Gunterman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 56. — ACTION BY G. W. GUNTERMAN AGAINST THE ILLINIOS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES Appeal from- Muhlenberg Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. I am confident that the Court will have no hesitancy whatever in reversing this case and I believe it ought and will say that the instruction should have been given the jury to find for the defendant, appellant herein.
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CASE 56. — ACTION BY G. W. GUNTERMAN AGAINST THE ILLINIOS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES Appeal from- Muhlenberg Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. I am confident that the Court will have no hesitancy whatever in reversing this case and I believe it ought and will say that the instruction should have been given the jury to find for the defendant, appellant herein. The court should have instructed the jury to find for appellant: 1. Because the proof in this case shows that the train crew acted courageously and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Hobson
Reversing.
G. W. Gunterman was a passenger on the accommodation train of the Illinois Central Railroad Company running from Central City westward. The train was much crowded, and Gunterman rode upon the platform of one of the cars, as his destination was a station known as Mercer, about three miles from Central City. The proof for him tends to show these facts: After the train pulled out from Central City, a crash was heard in the smoking car, and there was some disturbance in there. The conductor went forward hurriedly to the car, and soon he and the flagman…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crabtree v. DawsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- Taylor v. FranklinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- White v. South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912