Adams v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 78. — ACTION BY MARY ADAMS AGAINST THE LOUIS» VILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. — Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
*621Opinion op the court by
Judge Hobson
— Reversing.
Mary Adams was a passenger on a train of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company from Latonia to Walton. Several other members of her family were with her. She had on a heavy crepe veil. Her son-in-law had died, and they were taking the corpse to Walton. The brakeman helped her upon the train, and took her to a s.eat, which was near the front end of the car. When she had ridden about 12 miles in this seat, and as the train was pulling out of Bank Lick station, a suit case which had been placed in the rack overhead before she got upon the…
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- Morris v. . the New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Clarke's Administrator v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
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- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. L. L. ShieldsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Whiting v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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