Illinois Central Railroad v. Louisville Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Branch, Fourth Division).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Carroll
Reversing.
Some years ago John Sieber, while stealing a ride on? a train of the Illinois Central Railroad Company at a time when the train was using the tracks of the Louis- j ville Bridge Company in one of the streets of the city of | Louisville, was forced, as he claimed, hy an employe of j the railroad company to get off the train. When he got i off his foot caught in a frog in the track, and in an ef- j fort to extricate himself one of his legs was cut off hy ; the train, He brought suit against the railroad com- j pany and the bridge company to recover…
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