S. F. Dana & Co. v. Blackburn
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 89. — ACTION BY HAMILTON BLACKBURN AGAINST S. iF. DANA & CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES RECEIVED IN ITS SERVICE AS SHOVELER OF COAL.— Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court. A. S. Berry Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. BRIEF ON ARGUMENT.
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Case 89. — ACTION BY HAMILTON BLACKBURN AGAINST S. iF. DANA & CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES RECEIVED IN ITS SERVICE AS SHOVELER OF COAL.— Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court. A. S. Berry Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. BRIEF ON ARGUMENT. Appellant complains that: 1st. This action was not properly within the jurisdiction of the trial court, and that the court erred in overruling defendants’ (now appellants’) demurrer to the reply of plaintiff (now appellee). 2d. The court erred in giving special instructions to the jury requested by the plaintiff, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Campbell Circuit Court, entered upon the verdict of a jury,, whereby appellee recovered of appellant $750 in damages for personal injuries received while engaged in its service as a shoveler of coal. Appellant, a corporation, owns and operates a coal elevator on the Licking river in the city of Newport. The coal it handles is carried to its elevator in barges, which are moored to a float and the float to the bank at the foot of a double-track tramway, which connects the float with an engine house and coal sheds on an…
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