Lexington & Eastern Railway Co. v. Crawford

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Beversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict awarding appellee $3,285.00, damages for injuries to his person, sustained from the alleged negligent operation by appellant’s servants of an engine and cars, in moving them with unnecessary force upon a switch and against a car upon which appellee was engaged in loading cross-ties. The answer of appellant denied the negligence complained of and pleaded contributory negligence on the part of appellee.

The evidence conduced to prove that appellee was, at the time of receiving his injuries, in…