Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 9 — Action by Jennie' Smiti-i against the Covington & Cincinnati Bridc-e Co. for Personal Injuries. APPEAL PROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT — JAS. P. TARVIN, CIRCUIT JUDGE. JUDGMENT TOR PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT APPEALS. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES'. 1. The court erred in refusing to discharge the jury panel present to. try the case. Kentucky Statutes, 2243 to 2247; Curtis v. Com. Ky.
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Case 9 — Action by Jennie' Smiti-i against the Covington & Cincinnati Bridc-e Co. for Personal Injuries. APPEAL PROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT — JAS. P. TARVIN, CIRCUIT JUDGE. JUDGMENT TOR PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT APPEALS. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES'. 1. The court erred in refusing to discharge the jury panel present to. try the case. Kentucky Statutes, 2243 to 2247; Curtis v. Com. Ky. Law Rep., 267; 'Stone v. Sanders, 106 Ky., 904. 2. The court erred in refusing to give peremptory instruction for defendant. Buswell on Law of Personal Injury, sec. 182; Beach on Contributory Negligence, 3d ed., 272; Am.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION op the coubt by
JUDGE BARKER
Reversing.
The appellee, Jennie Smith, on the 21st day of January, 1902, about 6 o’clock p. m., with a companion, was walking over appellant’s bridge from Cincinnati to 'Covington; and, when near the abutment on the Kentucky side, she slipped in the snow or ice, and fell, breaking her arm, for which she instituted this action to recover damages, alleging that her injury was caused by the negligence of appellant. The answer placed in issue the material allegations of the petition, with a plea of contributory negligence, which, being controverted, completed the…
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- Curtis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
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