Legal Opinion
Campbell v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 20, 1913PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeals from Hickman Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Turner
Reversing.
On the morning of September 16, 1911, about 3:20 a. m., appellee’s South-bound fast train running at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour killed two horses at a grade crossing in Hickman county.
One of the horses belonged to appellant, R. L. Campbell, and the other to Mrs. Jennie Campbell. The two .actions by agreement were heard together in the lower court, and will be heard together here.
The court after the introduction of all the evidence gave a peremptory instruction to find for the defendant, and the plaintiffs appeal.
The court placed the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Owens v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Hohl v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Palmer v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hines v. SchrimscherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Reliance Coal & Coke Co. v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. BurtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. TurleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921