Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Wright

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson

Reversing.

In this action for damages for injuries to the person of Wright, there have been three trials and three verdicts for the plaintiff, now appellee, and three appeals to this court. The first opinion may be found in 186 Ky. 498, the second in 193 Ky. 59, to which we refer for full statement of the facts. The first verdict was for $11,-000.00; the second verdict was for $20,000.00, the full amount prayed in the petition, and the third and present verdict is for $12,500.00.

The first judgment was reversed because upon that trial evidence was…