Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Lovett
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Action by W. M. Lovett, administrator of the estate of George Hamblin, deceased, against the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
Hamblin’s administrator brought suit against the railway, in the court below, to recover damages for his *422death. The plaintiff had verdict and judgment, and the railway brings error. The record presents only the question whether the defendant's request for peremptory instruction should have been granted. Hamblin lived near the southern edge of Kentucky. He and a friend, Campbell, decided to go to the nearest railroad town, and, from there, take a train about 30 miles north to Somerset, Ky. They did so, not attempting to get tickets and go on a passenger train, as they…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Bolin v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Purple v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Southern Railway Co. v. Alford's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- Toledo, St. L. & W. R. Co. v. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1906
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