Frankfort C. R. Co. v. Holder's Adm'r

Opinion of the Court by

Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Douglas Holder, a boy fourteen years of age, was killed when run over by a train of defendant railroad company on one of its trestles. His administrator recovered $7,000 for his death against both the engineer and the company. They appeal on a number of grounds, but it is only necessary to consider the motions for a peremptory .instruction at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence.

Defendant company operates a short stretch of railroad between Paris and Frankfort. The train involved was known as “The Kentucky Cardinal,” a single coach operated…