HUNT'S ADM'R v. CHESAPEAKE & O. RY. CO.


254 S.W.2d 705 (1952)

HUNT'S ADM'R (H.D. Hunt) v. CHESAPEAKE & O. RY. CO.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Burke, Francis D. Burke, Pikeville, for appellant.

Hobson & Scott, Pikeville, Le Wright Browning, Ashland, for appellee.


MOREMEN, Judge.

On January 7, 1948, a freight train of the appellee, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, struck a coal truck owned and operated by Ted E. Hunt, who was killed. A suit for damages was filed, and, when it came on for trial, at the conclusion of all the evidence, the court directed a verdict for appellee.

Appellant contends that decedent was not guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law and, therefore, appellee's motion for a directed...

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