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f. C. H. Hoornan,iESg., ii : -

Louisville, Ky.
Dear Sir: I‘V‘ f 'j~

Hereuith, I hand you copy of ?otition, cosy of Juﬁgment
for ﬁefendsut, one Clerk's Bill of Costs in the cave of Eavid
Couch, by etc. v. L i E, in ”erry Circuit Court. I have approved
the Bill of Costs to the extent or 92.30, being the defendant‘s
costs, and have to as: that voucher for some be issued forthwith
in favor of Leo Daniel, Clerk of Perry Circuit Court.

Very truly yours,
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Counsel.
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 PTRET CI QUIT SPURT.
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John Douch, Plaintiff.
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Thie cause having been submitted to the Touxt uyon a general
demurrer to the plaintiff's petition, and the Court being advisea
sustains eeiﬂ ﬂemur er, enﬂ the plaintiff failei and refused to
plead further, enﬁ electing to stand by his petition, it is there-
fore orierei ed adjuﬂgei if the Court tiat the plaintiff': petition
be dismissei, and tie defanﬂant, L & 3. Ry. Co. recover its cost
herein expenﬂeﬁ, and this cause is nav stricken frsm the docket, to
all of which the ylaintiff objects and excepts, and preys an appeal
to the Court of Appeals, whieh is granted.

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October 6, 1912.
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Mr. Samuel M. Wilson, Gen. Coun. E r h1”"'““ '
Lexington & Eastern Railway Company, L I ...}rm. 9
Lexington, Kentucky. \“MMH"“*“”“*49*“/
Dear Sir: .

We have yours of the 36th‘ﬁit: re; ‘” 0.14
garding the suit of David Couch by his next friend, John
Couch, vs. Lexington & Eastern Railway Company.

We have filed the motion to verify,
and the general demurrer. We will refer this letter to
Mr. Wm. Z. Eubanka, and he will get up the information
for you, and will send it in.

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David Couch by his next
Friend, John Couch, Plaintiff.

Vs. 0 3312311291013.

Lexington & Eastern Railrogd Co. , Defendnnt. I

The plaintiff, John Couch, states that he is
the father of David Couch, who is an infant, and that
the said David Couch is under twenty one years of age,
and over fourteen;yeors; that the said David Couch has
no statutory guardian, Curator or co: ittee in this
state, and that the plaintiff is a citizen and a resident
of Sorry County, Kentucky, and is solvent »nd sues as
next friend of Said David Couch. J

The plaintiff, John Couch, as next friend to
Zuvid Couch, states that the iexinyton E Eastern 13i1Way
Company is o corporation organized and existing under the
Laws of Kentucky, and that it is now engaged in building]
constructing and Operating m railroad line through Perry
County, and was engaged insmid tusiness on and before the
Cause of action hereinafter stated occurred. He states t
that the said Railroad Comoany is now building and users-
ting a riilroad called its "North Fork Extension, begin-
ning at Jackson,in Breathitt County, Kentucky, and exte‘d- ‘
ing through Jerry County, and into betcher County, Kentucky ;
and said Company now has o égent at Hazard, Kentucky.

He states that on or shont the Gthﬂdny.ofw4

July, lglg, the defnndant Homoany employed his sonm David

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Couch to work upon the euid railroad line in repairing and
fixing the grade of part of said railroad line, just below
the station of Yerkes in Jerry Bounty, montuoky; thut at
the timn said railroad Company by its agent, Jillinm Toore,
who one secti_n foremun, marking a gang of men on its road
bed at or near Yerkes, Kentucky, employed his son; E§ﬁ§M§$§.

\V {on rue then nbout seventeen yeurs of &5§L thmt the said
agent or forem:n of Quid Company, without any ordinary curev//
place; the said boy .t work pusthg hand cars and "ceding
toole and other material pith which t» work upon orid road
bed, together with several other employee. he states that
et the time the said Railroad Company employed his boy to
work upon the said road bed, that the boy was totally in-
experienced in railroad work, and without any experience
:hatever in the work which they put him to doing; that the
said foreman, William Coore, failed to instruct the boy in
the/work of handling these cars and pushing, shoveling and
loading material thereon that he um: re uired to do by said
Company, its agent, Yoore, or anyone else in the way and
manner for him to handles said ours, and that the work in vyyﬂ

{ which he was pieced was dangerous work, and the euid agent_
"§ or employee of said Company failed and refused to instruct
5 him how to perform and do the some. he states that ebouti‘

ttﬁmllﬁbw f §§}y, one while he was working for the defendam
Company, that the said foreman_inetruoted hie eon, Juvid
Couch, and five or six other men to take a push ear, and
no a short distance down the truck and load a tell box nnd
tools upon same, mﬂd bring them back to where the foreman
was, u dietunce of about on- hundred yards. He states
that in order to comply with said request thut his son
placed his hand against the push car, and in walking along

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shoving the car that some of thex other employee who were ,
E incompetent and unskilled workmen shoved the our, end jerked
E the said David Couch against the car, and the said cor
Estruok his right leg just below the knee, and injured his
Eleg permanently; that he received such a wound u on the leg
that it crushed the bone Just he“ov the knee, and the bone
of his leg was fractured and broken, and that please of the
bone are new wo-king out of tbs flesh, and the said boy
has been unable to work, or to do anything since Stid time,
and his leg is permanently injured; that PX the wilful, neg-
E llgent and Clamgeroue smiths: the def-.»gndwh’o " (33:11:;é‘.11y, “my
E itws agent and employee, plmced the said infant David Couch
‘ f at work at nygﬁgy the said acts of said employee caused the
E Siid David Couch to be pormnnentli injured as aforesaid and
damaged him in the sum of $5,000.00.
hijigngM§ﬂgmgmﬁég, the clnintiff preys judgment
against the defendant 3on9 my in the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars; for his cost sud all ;ropor relief.
“. C, Evereole, utty.
for gal-"cintiff, , .
The plaintiff, John Couch, says that the statement
Contained in the foregoing ptition are true.
, 1 - John Couch, his nork.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo by John Couch
this ,.1u;;u.st 26111, 1.912.
Lertha Lyttle.
hotury ?ublic, Perry Co.

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David Couch by Eco. — —1‘«l:‘f.
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L 8: E Ry. Co. - - — — Deft.
?iled August 26, '12.
fl Lee Daniel Clk,
By Manon Cornett, D. C.‘
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