Smith v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 16 — ACTION BY 'GEORGE W. SMITH AGAINST THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND ANOTHER. — Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court. M. J. Mossj Circuit Judge. From a judgment of dismissal plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle
— Reversing.
*163In this action, instituted in the Whitley circuit court, the appellant, George W. Smith, sought to re cover of the appellees Southern Railway Company and Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company $1,000 damages for the destruction by an explosion of dynamite or nitroglycerine óf a house of which he was the owner; it being charged in the petition that the destruction of the house was caused by the negligence of appellees, their agents and servants, in leaving for 12 hours on a track of their depot yard and near appellant’s house in the city of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Livingston v. JeffersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1811
- RUNDLE v. Delaware and Raritan Canal CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Commonwealth v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Armendiaz v. StillmanTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- Rundle v. Delaware & R. CanalU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1849
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- Montesano Lumber Co. v. Portland Iron WorksOregon Supreme Court · 1915
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