Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Willis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 86 — ACTION BY GEORGE WILLIS,’ ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RY. CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR CAUSING THE DEATH OF PLAINTIFFS INTESTATE, Apeal from Meade Circuit Court. Weed S. Chelf, Circuit Judge. Judgment for Plaintiff.
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Case 86 — ACTION BY GEORGE WILLIS,’ ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RY. CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR CAUSING THE DEATH OF PLAINTIFFS INTESTATE, Apeal from Meade Circuit Court. Weed S. Chelf, Circuit Judge. Judgment for Plaintiff. Defendant appeals. 1. The first error to which we call the attention of the court, is the refusal of the lower court to strike from appellee’s petition all that part thereof in relation to the violation of the ten-minutes’ rule as to the running of trains in the same direction. The refusal of the court to strike this allegation from the petition constituted its…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Lassing
Reversing.
This is an appeal from the Meade circuit court rendered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of appellee against appellant for causing the death of appellee’s intestate, George Willis, at Muldraugh’s station, in Meade county, in September, 1904. Deceased was 54 years of age when killed. He had gone to the railroad station for the lady for whom he worked to deliver some boxes of peaches for shipment. He was accompained by his 10 year old son. The station stands upon the west side of the main track, then comes the passing track east of the main track, and then a…
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