Greene v. Louisville Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 112 — Action by Gus Greene Against the Louisville Ry. Co-for Damages for Personal Injuries. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, L. & E. DIV.-STERLING B. TONEY, JUDGE. Judgment for Defendant.
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Case 112 — Action by Gus Greene Against the Louisville Ry. Co-for Damages for Personal Injuries. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, L. & E. DIV.-STERLING B. TONEY, JUDGE. Judgment for Defendant. Plaintiff Appeals. 1. The following instructions- given by the court are not the law in this case and are prejudicial to appellant: (a) “The court instructs the jury that if the plaintiff was injured in the manner complained in the petition; and that the accident and consequent injury, if any there was, was caused by the failure of the defendant, or defendant’s employes-, to exercise reasonable and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of tiie court by
CHIEF JUSTICE HOBSÓN
Reversing.
Appellant, Gus Greene, Avas driving’ in his wagon eastward at the intersection of Twenty-third and Portland avenues in the city of Louisville, when a street car propelled by electricity came up behind him, and ran into his- Avagon, throwing him to the ground, turning his wagon OArer, and injuring him, his horse, and his wagon. He was driving at the time on the track of the street railway laid in the street because that Avas the smoothest part of the highway; traveling at *866an ordinary trot, the wheels of the wagon being in the car tracks. He…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Robinson v. Louisville Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
- Craddock v. JordanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881
3Cited by6 opinions
- Indianapolis Street Railway Co. v. MarschkeIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
- Lundien v. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- Acton v. Fargo & Moorhead Street Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Wilflin v. Des Moines City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- McKennan v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1914
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