Legal Opinion

City of Louisville v. Hart's Admr.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 18, 1911PublishedCited by 69 opinions

Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Branch, Third Division).

1Opinion of the Court

*172OPINION op the Couet by

Judge Oabroll

Affirming.

Edward Hart, while driving a one-horse wagon on Payne street in the city of Louisville, was thrown from it in front of a street car and killed by the car. To recover damages for his death, the administrator brought an action against the city of Louisville and the Louisville Bailway Company, charging that the accident that resulted in his death was due to the negligence of the city in failing to keep the street at the- point of the accident in a reasonably safe condition for public travel, and to the high and dangerous rate of speed at which the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. TweedSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Louisville Home Telephone Co. v. GasperCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
  3. Jacobs's adm'r v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874
  4. Walrod v. Webster CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  5. Christe v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1898

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Drake v. B.F. Goodrich Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  2. Consolidated Coach Corporation v. BurgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. BeaucondCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
  4. McGregor v. Great Northern Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Kidd v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1925

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