Coleman's Admr. v. Pittsburg, C., C. & St. L. R'y Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 69 — ACTION BY JOHN K.- COLEMAN’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RY. CO. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Division). Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge 0 ’Rear
Affirming.
The decedent, John K. Coleman, was employed by appellee as a crossing flagman on Rowan street between 14th and 15th streets in Louisville. On the *560lOtli of May, 1895, he was hilled by one of appellee’s freight trains striking him at the crossing at which he was employed. There were a number of tracks, half dozen or more, crossing Rowan street at this point, and it was the duty of the decedent to notice al¡ approaching trains and to give warning to those traveling the street at that point to prevent accidents. It was a primary requirement of…
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