Legal Opinion
Vance's Adm'r v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided May 31, 1957PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The question is whether the trial court erroneously directed a verdict for the defendant in án action for damages for the death of Mrs. Judy Vance who was struck by a train on a bridge while rescuing her child. The order was entered at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence.
The appellee’s double track crosses Cumberland River on separate bridges in the .village of Baxter, A public highway crosses the tracks about 175 feet north of the bridges, near which the deceased lived.
On October 1, 1955, Mrs. Vance and her sister, Mrs. Turner, started across the bridge, and Mrs.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Becker v. L. & N. R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Farris v. SummerourCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Stephens' AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Curd's Administratrix v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Lapp v. Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
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- List v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1988