American Tobacco Co. v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 53. — ACTION BY HOWARD ADAMS AGAINST THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. — Appeal from Harrison Circuit Conrt. L. P. Fryer, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
*415Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
— Reversing.
The appellee, Adams, alleging that he was injured by the negligence of the appellant company “in furnishing him an unsafe place in which to work and in furnishing him with unsafe appliances with which to' work,” sought to recover from the appellant company $1,995. Upon a trial before a jury he was awarded $1,500. The judgment for this amount we are asked to reverse chiefly for the reason that the jury should have been peremptorily directed to return a verdict for the tobacco company.
The facts are these: The tobacco company had a warehouse in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gowen v. HarleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Wilson v. Chess & Wymond Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Webster Manufacturing Co. v. NisbettIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Illinois Steel Co. v. MannIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Meador v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1894
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- Batson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Harper v. American Nat. Bank & Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1952
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