Legal Opinion

Powers' Administrator v. Wiley

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided December 18, 1931PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

Affirming.

Frank C. Powers was riding in a ear with Rodman Wiley. The car was overturned, and Powers was killed. This action was brought against Wiley by Powers’ Ad mimstrator to recover for Ms death. The jury, to whom the case was submitted, returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.

The facts, briefly stated, are these: Powers was in the car as a guest of Wiley at his invitation. As they were going iwest, and not long before they reached Eastwood on the road between Shelbyville and Louisville, the car collided with a car driven by…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ferry's Administrator v. Louisville Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Penn Dixie Lines, Inc. v. GrannickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  2. Hawthorne v. Eckerson Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
  3. Whitney v. PenickCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
  4. Esser v. BropheySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
  5. Hill v. HilesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941

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