Groves v. Louisville Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 14 — Action for Personal Injuries APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT — LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. JUDOMENT FOR DEFENDANT, AND PLAINTIFF APPEALS. 1. The verdict is contrary to the evidence and is not sustained by -the evidence. 2. The verdict is contrary to the law. 3. The -court erred in .refusing to give instructions, numbered 1, 2 & 3 offered by the plaintiff. 4. The court erred- in giving instructions 1, 2, & 3 of its own motion to which the plaintiff excepted. ¡5.…
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Case 14 — Action for Personal Injuries APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT — LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. JUDOMENT FOR DEFENDANT, AND PLAINTIFF APPEALS. 1. The verdict is contrary to the evidence and is not sustained by -the evidence. 2. The verdict is contrary to the law. 3. The -court erred in .refusing to give instructions, numbered 1, 2 & 3 offered by the plaintiff. 4. The court erred- in giving instructions 1, 2, & 3 of its own motion to which the plaintiff excepted. ¡5. 'The court erred in admitting incompetent and illegal testimony. AUTHORITIES CITED. Encyclopedia of Law, vol. 23, p. 983;…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE GUFFY
Reversing.
It is alleged in the petition that the plaintiff, now appellant. was, about the 31st December, 1896, by the gross negligence of the defendant, .its agents and servants, thrown from his buggy, his leg broken, mashed, and bruised, and otherwise injured, and was caused great suffering of mind and body, loss of time, and was permanently injured, and sustained damages in the sum of $15,000; that at said time his buggy came in collision with the rail of one of the defendant’s tracks on Baxter avenue, or Bards-town road, in Louisville and said rail was…
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