VANCE'S ADM'R v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO.


304 S.W.2d 915 (1957)

VANCE'S ADM'R (Willie Vance) Appellant, v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Johnson, Wm. Murphy Howard, Harlan, for appellant.

Henry L. Bryant, Pineville, J. C. Baker, Harlan, C. E. Rice, Jr., Lexington, for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The question is whether the trial court erroneously directed a verdict for the defendant in an action for damages for the death of Mrs. Judy Vance who was struck by a train on a bridge while rescuing her child. The order was entered at the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence.

The appellee's double track crosses Cumberland River on separate bridges in the village of Baxter. A public highway crosses the tracks about 175 feet north of...

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