Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Goodman's Administratrix

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, which we shall call the defendant, is seeking to reverse a judgment for $1,500.00 obtained against it by the plaintiff, for the death of her husband, Lee Goodman. On Saturday night, July 15, 1922, Lee Goodman attended a picture show in the town of Martin, and it seems that he was then in an intoxicated condition. After the show, he attended a dance, and shortly after midnight he left the dance, with the expressed intention of getting his horse and going home. About 12:30 he was found sitting on the railroad track, intoxicated.…