Legal Opinion

L. & N. R. R. v. Lynch

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 18, 1910PublishedCited by 9 opinions

CASE 83. — ACTION BY R. E. LYNCH AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.— Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. McKenzie Moss, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. —

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing

— Reversing.

R. E. Lyncli was an engineer in the employ of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. On March 13, 1907, while taking 2d 75, a freight consisting of an engine, tender, and caboose, south from Hendersonville to Nashville, his train collided head •on with freight train No. 14 going north! Just before *698the engines came together, Lynch jumped from his engine and was injured. The injury, which at first appeared to be but a sprained ankle and wrist, later developed to be more serious. The collision was caused by a mistake on the part of the young…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. FoardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Rogers v. SullivanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
  2. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. RossCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  3. Wooten v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  4. City of Richmond v. HillCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
  5. Procter v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913

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