Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Crutcher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 48. — ACTION BY JUSTUS CRUTCHER AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED.
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CASE 48. — ACTION BY JUSTUS CRUTCHER AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. POINTS DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES CITED. The judgment appealed from must be reversed for any one of the following reasons: 1. If defendant, was ever liable to- plaintiff on account of the accident sued for, plaintiff made a free, voluntary and complete settlement of his claim therefor with defendant long before this suit was brought he has shown no sufficient reason for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court ey
Judge Hobson
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Justus Crutcher was a switchman in the service of the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company in its yard at Paris, Ky. The crew to which he belonged used an engine known as “No. 603.” It was a road engine and had been converted into what is known as a “yard engine.” When used as a road engine it had three driving wheels on each side, and a truck composed of four small wheels supporting the front of the engine. To change it from a road engine to a yard engine, the pilot was taken off, a step being put in its place, and the truck of four small…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. King's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
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- Pack v. Camden Interstate Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Consolidation Coal Co. v. SpradlinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
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