Southern Ry. Co. v. Koger
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Action at law by E. B. Koger, administrator of Thurston Koger, deceased, against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error is brought to review a judgment recovered by the administrator for the death of his infant son, caused by collision with defendant’s freight train. The father’s home was upon the south side of the railroad track, which was unfenced. He had a warehouse on the north side of the track, a little easterly of the house. His factory was further to the east, and on the same north side of the track. The entire premises were less than a mile east of Morristown, Tenn. Just before the accident the deceased, who was about seven years and two months old, was at the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Byrne v. Kansas City, Ft. S. & M. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1894
- Felton v. AubreyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co. v. WaltonTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
- Block v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Hughes v. AbstonTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
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