Louisville & Nashville Ry. Co. v. Morton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 49. — ACTION BY CHARLES MORTON AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RY. CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. Appeal form Hopkins Circuit Court. J. F. G-ordon, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. 1. Defendant entitled to peremptory instruction. (Weidemann Brewing - Co. v. Wood, decided May 31, 1905; Straight Creek Goal Co. v. Haney’s Adm’r, decided June 13, 1905; Wilson v. Chess & Wymond Co., 25 Ky. Law Rep., 1655; Lee v. C. & O. Ry. Co., 18 Ky.
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Case 49. — ACTION BY CHARLES MORTON AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RY. CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. Appeal form Hopkins Circuit Court. J. F. G-ordon, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. 1. Defendant entitled to peremptory instruction. (Weidemann Brewing - Co. v. Wood, decided May 31, 1905; Straight Creek Goal Co. v. Haney’s Adm’r, decided June 13, 1905; Wilson v. Chess & Wymond Co., 25 Ky. Law Rep., 1655; Lee v. C. & O. Ry. Co., 18 Ky. Law Rep., 829; McGhee v. Bell, 19 Ky. Law Rep., 267; Wilie v. E. T. Coal Co., 84 S'. W., 1166; Brey’s Adm’x v. Chess &…
1Opinion of the Court
*400Opinion by
Chief Justice Hobson
Reversing.
Charles Morton was a section hand in the employment of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. A freight train dropped some logs, and the section foreman took his crew to pick them up. He loaded the-logs upon some trucks and took them to the nearest, station, and there he undertook to load them on a freight car by means of skids reaching from the-ground up to the car. It was a cold day. There-was ice on the logs and ice on the skids. When théy began rolling the logs some one of the hands said that they ought to have a rope to hold them. The-boss said:…
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