Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Womack
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 1, 1927PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Logan
Reversing.
The appellant, T. H. Gibson, and G. G. Humphreys were partners engaged in the contracting business under the firm name of Gibson & Humphreys. In the year 1924, they were engaged in road construction work in the state of West Virginia near Hinton. They were constructing a public highway for the state, the highway running parallel with the line of railroad belonging to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. On the north side of the railroad track is a well-nigh perpendicular cliff from forty to seventy-five feet high and the slope above the cliff…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Booth v. . R., W. O.T.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Benner v. Atlantic Dredging Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Holland House Co. v. . BairdNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Langhorne v. TurmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- John Shillito Co. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Exner v. Sherman Power Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. BonacciCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Wendt v. Yant Construction Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1933
- Donald L. Atkins v. Schmutz Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Kirsch v. LubinNew York Supreme Court · 1927
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