Lexington & Eastern Railway Co. v. Smith's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

Logan Smith received injuries from which lie died while employed by the appellant railway company in its yard at Jackson, Kentucky. In this suit by his administrator, under the Federal Employers’ Liability-Act, to recover damages for his death, there was a judgment for the administrator, and the railway company appeals.

Briefly the facts are these: there are several tracks in the yard of the company at Jackson, and at the time Smith received the injuries from which he died, there were three trains operating in the yard, and a number of men…