Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Mitchell's Adm'x

Opinion of the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Reversing.

Gr. S. Mitchell, a man about 58 years of age, physically and mentally sound, who some 12 or 15 years ago worked for the appellant as telegraph operator at Woodbine, Kentucky, was killed by a fast passenger train of appellant’s when he stepped directly in front of it while attempting to cross the railroad, tracks about 4:30 P. M., January 20, 1937, at a public grade crossing located near the depot in the village of Woodbine. His widow qualified as his administratrix and brought this action in the Whitley Circuit Court, alleging negligence in…