Legal Opinion

Plummer v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 12, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinión op the Court by

Judge CaeRoll

Reversing.

The appellant Plummer while engaged for a shipper in loading a railroad car with tan bark was injured by the negligence of the trainmen in moving without notice to him the car in which he was at work. To recover damages for the injuries thus sustained he brought suit against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, a Virginia corporation, and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company of Kentucky, a Kentucky corporation. The lower court directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company of Kentucky, and from the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Louisville Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Fritts v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Southern Railway Co. v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. Louisville School Board v. KingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Local Inv. Co. v. HumesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  2. Lynch v. PerrymanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  3. Coleman v. DanielCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
  4. Eaton Asphalt Paving Co. v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1999
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918

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