LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R.R. v. MOTTLEY

No. 246.

219 U.S. 467 (1911)

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. MOTTLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry L. Stone for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Lewis McQuown and Mr. Clarence U. McElroy for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

As the result of a collision in Kentucky of railroad trains belonging to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, which operated various lines extending through that Commonwealth as well as into Tennessee and other States, the plaintiffs Mottley and wife received serious personal injuries. The collision, it is alleged, was caused by the gross carelessness and negligence...

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