CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS & TEXAS PACIFIC R. CO. v. ZEDER


328 S.W.2d 525 (1959)

CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. W. H. ZEDER, d/b/a Lawson Coal Company et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley & Bradley, Georgetown, Ben D. Smith, Somerset, for appellant.

Leonard S. Stephens, George W. Hatfield, Jr., Whitley City, Alexander & Savinell, Steubenville, Ohio, John G. Prather, Somerset, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant defendant's freight train struck and damaged a power shovel owned by plaintiff appellee at a railroad crossing. The jury awarded plaintiff $15,000. On this appeal the principal contentions are: (1) the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict, and (2) it was entitled to a new trial because of newly discovered evidence.

The accident happened when the plaintiff's employee was in the process of moving a 33 ton power shovel, propelled...

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