Louisville & Evansville Mail Co. v. Barnes' Admr.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 103 — Action by Clara R. Barnes’ Admr. against Louisville & Evansville Mail Co. eor Causing Death; of Plaintiff’s In- APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. CLASSIFICATION OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The petition does not state a cause of action against appellant.
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Case 103 — Action by Clara R. Barnes’ Admr. against Louisville & Evansville Mail Co. eor Causing Death; of Plaintiff’s In- APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. CLASSIFICATION OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The petition does not state a cause of action against appellant. The allegations on which appellee relies for his cause of ac-' tion against appellant are these: “The said' Marsden Company landed its said boat and barges at the wharfboat . . . for the purpose of discharging and letting off its passengers including plaintiff’s intestate, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE NUNN
Affirming.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Daviess circuit court, rendered at its October term, 1902, against the appellant, Louisville & Evansville Mail Company, and in favor of John *866T. Barnes, administrator of Clara R. Barnes, deceased. The judgment was for $2,000.
The facts of the case, as they appear of record, are, in substance, as follows: About 11:30 o’clock on the night o? the 12th of July, 1901, Clara R. Barnes lost her life by drowning in tne Ohio river at Owensboro, Ky. The young lady, together with about 400 other persons, embarked early in the…
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