Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Blanton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Affirming.

Joe Dunreath. Blanton, driving a taxicab in the employ of his mother, Sudie Blanton, delivered a passenger to the camp of the Three Point Coal Company in Harlan County. On the return trip to the City of Harlan sometime between the hours of 1:00 and' 2:00 o ’clock P. M. on Saturday, December 15, 1945, while attempting to cross appellant’s railroad tracks at a grade crossing, the taxicab was struck by an engine hauling nine cars loaded with coal. The driver was uninjured, but the taxicab was practically destroyed. The cars were coupled to the front…