Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Ryan's Administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 28, 1919PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Carter Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
William Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Affirming.
Charging that Ms intestate was forced by Charles Maddix, a brakeman in the railway company’s employ, to leave a freight train while it was traveling at an excessive late of speed, and received injuries from which he died, Jerome Duvall, as administrator of Hobert Ryan, deceased, brought this suit against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and Charles Maddix to recover damages for his death. From a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for $3,000.00 the railway company and Maddix appeal.
The intestate was injured in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown's Admr. v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
3Cited by8 opinions
- Deupree v. LevinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- Phillips' Committee v. Ward's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Service Lines, Inc. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Jewel Tea Co. v. Walker's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Felder v. WilbersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
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