Jacobs's adm'r v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 15 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Sneed’s Rep. 262, Duncan v. Finnyhorn and wife. Shearman and Redfield on Negligence, secs. 16-46. Hardin’s Reports, 586, Taylor v. Giger.
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Case 15 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Sneed’s Rep. 262, Duncan v. Finnyhorn and wife. Shearman and Redfield on Negligence, secs. 16-46. Hardin’s Reports, 586, Taylor v. Giger. Civil Code, sections 369, 119, 370. Hilliard on Torts, pp. 442, 445. Newman on Pleading, pp. 261, 410. 1 Bibb, 248, Worford v. Isbell. 4Littell, 118, Bell v. Howard. 2 Met. 558, Letton v. Young. 1 Marsh. 591, Payne v. Brittenham. 4 Littell, 161, Jouitt, &c. v. Lewis’s adm’r. 3 Dana, 493, Board v. Head. 2 Met. 146, Chiles v. Drake. 5 Texas, 141, Graham v. Rodes. 3 Met. 313, Bowler v. Lane. 8…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion op the court.
Presley Jacobs, who styles himself administrator of James W. Jacobs, deceased, sued the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover damages for the alleged careless, negligent, wrongful, and unlawful killing of his intestate.
A trial was had in the Larue Circuit Court, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in damages. A new trial was awarded, and upon the second trial arose the question that will be first considered.
The railroad company denies that the plaintiff is the administrator of the…
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