Louisville N. R. Co. v. Adams' Adm'x

Opinion op the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The appeal is from a judgment entered upon a verdict of a jury in the sum of $1,500 for the death of appellee’s intestate, Mose Adams. It was alleged that Adams came to his death as a result of the negligent operation of a train which was proceeding over a railroad crossing and a bridge in the direction of a tipple of the Premium Coal Company, near Hot Spot, Kentucky. Between 6 and 8 o ’clock on the night of December 23, 1943, Mr. Adams, in company with several of the witnesses, was drinking beer on the licensed premises of John D.…