Sherley v. Billings
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 29 — PETITION— APPEAL EROM JEEEERSON COURT OE COMMON PLEAS. CITED Story on Agency, sections 314, 318, 316, 454, page 616. Salk. 282, Middleton v. Fowler. Revised Statutes, section 2, chapter 7,1 Stanton, 202. Am. Law Reg. 621, Oct. 1870, Little Miami R. R. v. Wetmore.
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Case 29 — PETITION— APPEAL EROM JEEEERSON COURT OE COMMON PLEAS. CITED Story on Agency, sections 314, 318, 316, 454, page 616. Salk. 282, Middleton v. Fowler. Revised Statutes, section 2, chapter 7,1 Stanton, 202. Am. Law Reg. 621, Oct. 1870, Little Miami R. R. v. Wetmore. Smith on Master and Servant, 157. Shearman & Redñeld on Negligence, secs. 55, 59-66, 261-263. Hail & Colt, 541, Simpson v. London General Omnibus Co. Angelí on Carriers, section 604 and note 4. 2 Comstock, 479, "Vanderbilt v. Richmond Turnpike Company. 19 Wendell, 345, Wright v. Wilcox. 1 East. 67, McManus v. Crickett. 16…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion oe the court.
Charles H. Billings, a boy about fifteen years of age, while a deck-passenger on the steamer Ben Franklin, was assaulted and stricken down by an officer of the boat, and, among other injuries received, one of his eyes was totally destroyed.
This suit against Sherley and others, owners of the Ben Franklin, was brought by appellee to recover damages for the injuries thus sustained at the hands of their officer and employee. A trial resulted in a verdict in his favor for the sum of four thousand four hundred dollars. Judgment was rendered upon this…
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