Railroad v. Kuhn
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM SHEEBY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Shelby County. L. Ii. Estes, J.
1Opinion of the Court
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On the night of April 29 a sleeping car, attached to a passenger train of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, was derailed, and thrown down an embankment, near the village of Poaz, Kentucky. Simon Kuhn, one of the sleeping passengers, was thrown violently from his berth and seriously injured in his person.
Some time thereafter he sued the company in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, and there obtained verdict and judgment for *110$1.000 damages. From the action of the trial Judge in refusing a new trial, the company prosecutes this appeal in error. ?
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