CHES. & OHIO RY. v. COCKRELL

No. 100.

232 U.S. 146 (1914)

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO. v. COCKRELL, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Shelby, with whom Mr. Henry T. Wickham, Mr. Henry Taylor, Jr., and Mr. D.L. Pendleton were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edward S. Jouett, with whom Mr. Beverley R. Jouett and Mr. A.F. Byrd were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action begun in the Circuit Court of Clark County, Kentucky, by an administrator, to recover damages for the death of his intestate, the defendants being a railway company and the engineer and fireman of one of its trains which struck and fatally injured the intestate at or near a public crossing in Winchester...

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