Cannon v. Louisville N. R. Co.

LAWSON, Justice.

This was an action for damages for the death of Meredith Mitchell Sanders, appellant’s intestate, who died as the result of a fall from a passenger train of the L. & N. R. R. Co. Appellant is the administrator of the estate of the said Sanders, deceased. Appellees are the Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. and W. E. Walker, who was the conductor of the train upon which Sanders was a passenger at the time he met his death.

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the trial court, upon the request of counsel for defendants, gave the following written charge: “The Court…