L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Penrod's Admr.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cash 24 — Action by John Penrod’s Admr. v. L. & N. R. R. Co. to Recover Damages fob the Death of Plaintiff’s Intestate- APPEAL FROM HOPKINS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals — (¡No briefs in the record.)
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the ooobt by
JUDGE HOBSON
Reversing.
Appellee filed this action, as the administrator of John Penrod, to recover of appellant damages for the loss of the life of his intestate by reason of alleged negligence on its part.' The facts are that the intestate was shoveling coal out of a wagon into a coal house. The wagon was standing in a fenced passway, running parallel with the right of way, and adjoining it, in the city of Madison-ville. While he was thus shoveling coal, a freight train came up, and, passing by him, stopped near a street crossing a. few feet away. It then let off steam,…
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- Heise v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909