Paducah Pole & Timber Co. v. Brockwell

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

— Reversing.

Iu this action for damages against defendant, Paducah Pole & Timber Company, plaintiff, Jackson Brock-well, recovered a verdict and judgment for $1,500. The defendant appeals.

Defendant conducts a lumber yard on the river bank in the northern section of Paducah, on property leased! for that purpose. Along this property is the right of way of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, which is used to transport engines and cars to the transport boats which are used to ferry them across the Ohio River. The tracks descend gradually…