McKeehan v. Louisville N. R. Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Pulton

Affirming.

In this action brought by the appellant, by his committee, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by falling into a basement hole adjacent to a flight of steps on the appellee’s premises, a verdict was directed for the appellee at the conclusion of the appellant’s evidence.

The appellant lived in Laurel County and was in Louisville to attend a political rally held on October 28, 1940. He went in an automobile. His wife testified that he was very nervous and was subject to “dying away spells” in which “he would just fall over and…