Bruce's Adm'r v. Cincinnati R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 25 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROMT PULASKI CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Where the statute of another State allows an action for damages-by the personal representative of one who has been killed by the-negligence of another, a personal representative appointed in this State may maintain an action here under that statute, the defendant being served here, this State having a statute similar in character.
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Case 25 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROMT PULASKI CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Where the statute of another State allows an action for damages-by the personal representative of one who has been killed by the-negligence of another, a personal representative appointed in this State may maintain an action here under that statute, the defendant being served here, this State having a statute similar in character. (Wharton’s Conflict of Laws, sections 710, 712, 719; Story’s Conflict of Laws, section 556; Leonard v. Columbia Steam Navigation Co., 84 N. Y., 48; Dennick v. Railroad Co., 103 U. S.,. 17.) 2. The…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LEWIS
delivered the opinion oe the court.
This is an action by appellant, George Bruce, administrator of the estate of Robert Bruce, deceased,, to recover of appellee, the Cincinnati Railroad Company, damages for the destruction of the intestate’s-’ life.
It is stated in the petition that appellee is a corporation, created by law, of the State of Ohio, and was, at the time the intestate was killed, operating1,, as lessee, the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which extends through a part of Ohio, through Kentucky, and a part of Tennessee; that the intestate was employed by appellee as a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Leonard v. . Columbia Steam Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Richardson v. New York Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Brock v. MilliganOhio Supreme Court · 1840
- Taylor's adm'r v. Pennsylvania Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
3Cited by14 opinions
- Mulhall v. FallonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Nelson v. Chesapeake & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Romano v. Capital City Brick & Pipe Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Louisville & N. R. R. v. Pointer's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Lauria v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1917
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