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Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Pittman

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided February 27, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

Buford Pittman was killed in a collision between a truck which he was driving and an engine on one of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company’s freight trains at a railroad crossing on the Smithfield road just northwest of Shelbyville. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company was made a party defendant because it owns the tracks at the place where the collision oc curred. The traffic on U. S. Highway 60 was being detoured from Shelbyville to Louisville via the Smithfield road at the time of the collision in August, 1938. Pittman’s truck collided…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. PantagesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Hedger v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Jameson's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  4. Louisville Nashville Railroad Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  5. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bowling v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Adcock v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Hellmueller Baking Co. v. RisenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
  4. Quesada v. Graham Ice Cream Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  5. Spears v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1977

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