Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Webb
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 57 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM HOPKINS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The conductor of the train did not invite appellee to1 ride on the. train, but when he found him there made him come inside of the caboose and stay until the train stopped, when he ordered him to get off and stay off. Appellee again got on the train of his own volition without the knowledge of the conductor and it was then he was hurt.
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Case 57 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM HOPKINS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The conductor of the train did not invite appellee to1 ride on the. train, but when he found him there made him come inside of the caboose and stay until the train stopped, when he ordered him to get off and stay off. Appellee again got on the train of his own volition without the knowledge of the conductor and it was then he was hurt. The conductor did not tell appellee on the day that he was hurt that if he would load freight, he (the appellee), could ride on, th;e train, therefore conductor was guilty of no negligence. 2.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUGDE LANDES
delivered the opinion oe the court.
By agreement these two cases were heard together in this court. They originated in the circuit court of Ho-p-kins county, and the first named case was an action brought by Willie Webb, an infant, suing by his father, W. H. Webb, as his next friend, to recover from the appellant damages for the loss of his right foot and ankle, alleged to have been the result of the negligence of the servants and agents of *337the appellant in charge of one of its freight trains on what is known as the Henderson division in the system of railroads owned and operated…
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