Commonwealth v. C. & O. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 57. — ACTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY FOR A STATUTORY PENALTY. — Appeal from Bracken Circnit Court. James P. Hakbeson, Circuit Judge. . Demurrer to petition sustained, and plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Lassing
Reversing-
The Commonwealth instituted a penal action in the Bracken circuit court. against appellee, .wherein it sought to recover the sum of $400 in damages for causing and permitting eight of its hands and employes (naming them) to work and labor upon Sunday, the .Christian Sabbath, by whitewashing, mowing. *544pulling, and cutting grass and high weeds, and cleaning up' along and on its said line of railroad, right of way, and roadbed, in Bracken county; said work being done within 12 months next before the institution of the suit, and not being a work of…
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
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