Edmonson v. Kentucky Central Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 61 — ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE CAUSING DEATH 1. The court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for the peremptory instruction. Stevens v. Brooks, 2 Bush., 140; Shay v. R. R. & L. T. R. Co., 1 Bush, 109; Buford v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 82 Ky., 286; Eskridge’s Exrs., v. C., N. O. & T. P. R. R. Co., 89 Ky., 372; Judd’s Admrx. v. C. & O. Ry. Co., 18 Ky.
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Case 61 — ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE CAUSING DEATH 1. The court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for the peremptory instruction. Stevens v. Brooks, 2 Bush., 140; Shay v. R. R. & L. T. R. Co., 1 Bush, 109; Buford v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 82 Ky., 286; Eskridge’s Exrs., v. C., N. O. & T. P. R. R. Co., 89 Ky., 372; Judd’s Admrx. v. C. & O. Ry. Co., 18 Ky. Law Rep., 747; L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Copas, 95 Ky., 460. Same counsel in a supplemental brief, cited Ballard v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 19 Ky. Law Rep., 785; Wilsey v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 7 Ky. Law Rep., 500; Owensboro City Railroad Co. v. Lyddane, 19…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DuRELLE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant brought suit as the widow of John C. Edmonson, under section 3, c. 57, General Statutes, for damages for the death of her husband, alleging that he was in the employment of appellee as conductor of a freight train, and while so employed for hire and reward lost his life by the willful neglect and gross carelessness of appellee, its servants, agents, and employes, in this: “That a locomotive engine and tender of said company was, by the willful neglect and gross carelessness of the persons in charge thereof, run over said John C.…
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