Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Walker's Administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Affirming.
The Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company is engaged in interstate commerce, and Ancil Walker, on the day of his death, was employed by it as a laborer in such commerce. Whether he was so employed immediately at the time of his death is a much disputed question and will be later carefully considered.
At the time of his death he was about thirty years of age and left surviving him a widow and one child about three years of age.
In this action by his administrator to recover damages for his death there was a verdict and judgment accordingly for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Ewald v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Sullivan v. L. & N. R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. Co. v. RueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- Osborne's Administrator v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Kirby Lumber Co. v. ScurlockTexas Supreme Court · 1922
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Tredway's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Murray v. Wasatch Grading Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1929
- Young v. New York, N. H. & H. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Wilson Berger Coal Company v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
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