Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Hendricks

The appellee was a passenger on one of the trains of the appellant; the train in which he took passage was thrown from the track and he was severely injured. The appellant’s employees ran the train against a cow which *463had entered upon the track, and the collision caused the train to leave the rails.

A witness who had lived near the railroad and had often seen trains in motion was permitted to give an opinion as to the rate of speed at which the train was running at the time the cow was struck. In this ruling there was no error. A non-expert witness may give an opinion as to the speed at which…