Standard Oil Co. v. Titus

Opinion of the Court by

"William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming

In a suit for personal injuries, plaintiff, Williard 8. Titus, recovered of the defendant, the Standard Oil Company, a verdict and judgment for $15,200.00. The defendant appeals.

At the time of the accident, which occurred on March 16, 1917, the Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad Company was engaged in the business of switching cars on to the private tracks of various industries surrounding the city of Louisville, and plaintiff, an experienced railroad man, was the engine foreman in charge of its switching crew. Cars consigned…