Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Frick

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Reversing.

The appellee, Allison Prick, brought this suit in the McCracken circuit court against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover of it for the loss of his eye. The trial resulted in a judgment for appellee in the sum of $2,000. Hence this appeal.

Appellee, as plaintiff below, alleged in his petition that on the 24th day of December, 1932, about 8 o’clock p. m., he was attempting to cross the railroad tracks at a public crossing on Circle street and Lincoln avenue in "Paducah, Ky., where the railroad crossed the street at grade, and while he…