Legal Opinion
Davis' Administrator v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 26, 1915PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Consolidated Causes from the McCreary Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Hannah
Affirming in part and reversing in part.
About November 15, 1913, Oscar Davis, twenty years of age, was killed by the overturning of a locomotive on the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway, upon which he was working as a fireman.
Davis had been married, but had obtained a decree of divorce from his wife. She was restored to her maiden name, Wheeler Chitwood. They had one child, Ruth Davis, who was born in December, 1910.
*317A few days after the death, of Oscar Davis I. W. Davis, his father, was, by appropriate proceedings had in the McCreary County…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex parte Williams' AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Hensley v. Metcalfe County CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
3Cited by8 opinions
- Hunt v. CrockerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Rieke's Administrator v. RiekeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Zinn's Administrator v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Trevathan v. GroganCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- Barnett's Adm'r v. PittmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
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