Legal Opinion
Young v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 17, 1916PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
*511Opinion op the Court by
Judge Thomas
Affirming.
The appellant (plaintiff below) is a stone mason by trade, and at the time of the sustaining of the injuries of which he complains in this suit he was in the employ of the appellee (defendant below), and engaged in assisting to construct a stone wall alongside of defendant’s track, between it and Elkhorn Fork of Tug Biver, near Northfolk in West Virginia. This wall was being constructed in order to prevent the water in Elkhorn Fork from washing away the railroad track of defendant, and was being built with large blocks of stone laid in cement. The…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McWhirterSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Hummer's Extx. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
- Baugham v. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Knecht v. BuckshornCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Gaines' Administratrix v. City of Bowling GreenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Morgan's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Southern Railway Co. v. CowanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919