Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Lawson

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WlLLIAM ROGERS ClAY, Commissioner

— Reversing’.

*40On November 19, 1912, John W. Lawson, Jr., a boy fifteen years of age, and weighing about one hundred pounds, was run over and injured by a train operated by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. The large toe of his left foot and his right foot and ankle were crushed. Suing by his father as his next friend he brought this action against the railroad company to recover damages. Prom a verdict and judgment in his favor for $5,500 the railroad company appeals.

The accident occurred just inside the limits of Smith’s…