Hertell's Administratrix v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

Adam Hertell, a truck driver for Palls City Ice and Beverage Company, of Louisville, was instantly killed on the tracks of appellee railroad company at 'Buckner, in Oldham county, on May 15, 1924, and the truck demolished by a freight train on the highway crossing, and these two suits by the administratrix of Hertell and by the beverage company were instituted in the Oldham circuit court against the railroad company to recover damages for the wrongful death of Hertell and for the loss of the truck, respectively. They were tried together, the court…