Sinkhorn v. Lexington, H. & P. Turnpike Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 19 — Action to Recover Damages for Personal Injuries against Turnpike Co. and,County APPEAL EROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff appeals.
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Case 19 — Action to Recover Damages for Personal Injuries against Turnpike Co. and,County APPEAL EROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff appeals. Appellant instituted this actipn Sept. 20, 1890 to recover damages for injuries to himself and horse -in crossing a bridge on the turnpike road belonging to appellees in Mercer county, alleging -that said bridge had been permitted to become out of repair through the gross carelessness of appellee company, and by the gross carelessness of the defendant, Mercer county, was permitted to remain out of repair, and by reason…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE WHITE
Affirming.
Tbe appellant, John Sinkhorn, was injured on a bridge on thte Lexington, Harrod-sburg & Perryville Turnpike Road, and brought this action against that turnpike road com*209pany, and also against Mercer county, lessee thereof, to recover damages for such injuries. The trial court sustained a demurrer to his petition. Declining to plead further, his action was dismissed, and he appeals.
The petition states that the Lexington, Harrodsburg, & Perryville Turnpike Bond Company is a corporation regularly and duly organized and authorized to construct and…
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- Louisville & N. R. R. Co. v. Breeden's Adm'x.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Caruthers v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1898
- Hite v. Whitley County CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
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