Brown's Admr. v. L. & N. R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 28 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT. I. The appellant’s intestate was ejected from the train at 1 o’clock at night when he was unable to take care of himself on account of his physical and mental condition; no directions were given him as to which way to get to a hotel, and when the conductor of the train knew that in a short time other trains would he passing both, ways on the track; under the circumstances appellant was liable.
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Case 28 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT. I. The appellant’s intestate was ejected from the train at 1 o’clock at night when he was unable to take care of himself on account of his physical and mental condition; no directions were given him as to which way to get to a hotel, and when the conductor of the train knew that in a short time other trains would he passing both, ways on the track; under the circumstances appellant was liable. L. & N. R. R. Co, v. Ellis, 17 Ky. Law Rep., 259; L. & N. R. R. Co. y Longan, 88 Ky, 241; Lexington R. R. Co. v. Sullivan, 81 Ky., 624. 1.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was instituted in the Laurel Circuit Court by Robert Brown, administrator of Jas. Brown, against the appellee, seeking to recover a judgment against the appellee for ¡negligently causing the death of said decedent.
It is alleged in substance in the petition that the intestate, Jas. Brown, about the 2d of April, 1895, entered a coach, composing one of defendant’s passenger trains, running north on its road known as the night express, at Corbin, in Whitley county, Kentucky, on his way to the city of Cincinnati. That at the time said Brown…
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- Lexington & Eastern Railway Co. v. HargisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. AshleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- McCoy v. Millville Traction Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
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