Van Vactor's Admx. v. Louisville & N. R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 46 — Action to Recover Damages for the Death of Plaintiff’s Intestate — APPEAL FROM BULLITT CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. Wm. A. Van Vactor' was an employe of appellee and was so injured hy the rebound of a jack-handle used in elevating a bridge on February 28, 1899, ‘that he died from the effects of it on August 28, 1899. He left as his only heirs his wife, then an infant and an infant child two years of age.
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Case 46 — Action to Recover Damages for the Death of Plaintiff’s Intestate — APPEAL FROM BULLITT CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. Wm. A. Van Vactor' was an employe of appellee and was so injured hy the rebound of a jack-handle used in elevating a bridge on February 28, 1899, ‘that he died from the effects of it on August 28, 1899. He left as his only heirs his wife, then an infant and an infant child two years of age. His wife became twenty-one years of age, August 20, 1900, and two months thereafter she was appointed administratrix of her deceased husband,…
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Opinion of the couet by
JUDGE HOBSON —
Affirming.
William A. Wan Wactor was injured in appellee’s service on February 28, 1899. He died of those injuries on August 28, 1S99, leaving surviving him his widow, who was an infant, and an infant child two years old. The widow became of age on August 20, 1900. On October 22, 1900, she qualified as administratrix of her husband’s estate, and on November 30, 1900, .she filed this suit to recover of appellee damages for the loss of his life, charging that hi® injury was by reason of the negligence of appellee and its servants. The circuit court dismissed…
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