Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Brown

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin —

Affirming.

Appellee was injured in a collision at Shepherdsvilie, Ky., December 20, 1917, and for such injuries a jury awarded him damages in the sum of $1,800.00.

The allegations of the petition were denied in an answer. In an amended answer it is alleged that appellee, if a passenger on the train at the time of the accident, was such only as the gratuitous holder of an annual pass issued to him because of the charitable work in which he was engaged in behalf of colored children. Said pass contained this provision:

"The person accepting and using this pass in…