Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Hurst's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Reversing.

On the 29th of April, 1912, at about 4:12 in the afternoon, appellant’s passenger train running north from Middlesboro toward Pineville, collided at a grade crossr ing a mile or two north of Middlesboro, with a truck going south on the highway toward Middlesboro, and appellee’s intestate, the driver of that truck, was killed, and_ this is an action by his personal representative against appellant for damages because of his death, as alleged, brought about by the negligence of its agents in ■control of the train.

On the trial a verdict for…