LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. v. WALLACE


302 S.W.2d 561 (1956)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Mary WALLACE, Personal Representative of David E. Wallace, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. S. Landrum, Lexington, Coleman, Harlin & Orendorf, Bowling Green, for appellant.

Duncan & Huddleston, Paul R. Huddleston, Bowling Green, for appellee.


MOREMEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment which awarded to appellee, Mary Wallace, executrix of the estate of her husband, David E. Wallace, the sum of $10,000 for damages resulting from his death. Wallace was killed by a passenger train which belonged to appellant, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company.

The accident occurred at a private crossing on the Wallace farm which is divided in almost equal halves by the north-south main line of the...

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