Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Ross

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Eeversing.

Appellant was defendant in the trial court, and it has appealed from a judgment of $10,000.00 recovered against it by tbe plaintiff. On tbe night of March 11-12, 1923, plaintiff, who is sheriff of Pulaski county was a passenger on the defendant’s train. No. 13, en route from Lexington to Somerset, and at a point near Pulaski, this train was stopped on account of some roofing that had blown on to the track. Train No. 13, which was following No. 13, ran into the rear of it, and the plaintiff claims to have been injured in that collision. A…