Louisville Transit Co. v. Louisville & N. R. Co.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The Louisville Transit Company appeals from a judgment for $3,216.53, rendered against it in favor of appellee, L. & N. Railroad Company, on a directed verdict in an action for breach of contract. The amount of the judgment represents the costs to appellee of removing five rail crossings at which appellant’s street car tracks intersect appellant’s railroad tracks in the city of Louisville.

There are four separate contracts involved in this case. The first was entered into in 1892 between the Louisville Railway Transfer Company, now L. & N'., and the Louisville Terminal…