Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Whitaker

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Eeversing.

The defendant, Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company, seeks to reverse a judgment for $5,000 recovered against it by plaintiff, William Whitaker, a man 61 years of age. On August 12, 1926, plaintiff’s son purchased for him a ticket from Krypton to Dunraven, a distance of four miles or less. He got on the train with this ticket at Krypton, and took a seat in the ladies’ coach. Dunraven is a flag station, and has no depot building. The plaintiff says that he does not know whether he saw the conductor or not when he got on the train. He said…