Legal Opinion

L. & N. R. R. v. Roe

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 24, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by.

Judge Miller

Affirming.

The appellee, Éoe. aged nineteen and a freight brakeman. in the employment of the appellant Eailroad Company, was injured on September' 13th, 1907, while in the discharge of his duties near ■ Solway, Tennessee, immediately north of the “Copper Eidge Tunnel.”

On April 1907, an accident in the tunnel had resulted In a caving in of about 319 feet of the tunnel, thereby closing it for that distance and rendering it unfit for the use of appellant’s trains. It was not until June 20th, 1907, that appellant succeeded in clearing the tunnel so that it could…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Illinois Central R. R. v. MayesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  2. Cincinnati, R. Co. v. Sampson's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
  3. Hughes' Administrator v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
  4. L & N R R v. Hahn's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  2. Midland Valley Co. v. HilliardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Hendrickson v. New Hughes Jellico Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  5. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Vaughan's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914

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