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Breathitt Circuit Court.
July Term, 1915.
Reed Thomas v. 3&E,
Mandate oi the Gourt of Appeals showing aiiirmance of
case filed.
NOTE: This judgment has been settled and case 01f of
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L&E Ry. Co.
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Reed Thomas.
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Judge Samuel E. Wilson, /

Counsel, Lexington, Ky. .
Dear Sir,

While I was in the court room at Frankfort yesterday,
the Court, by Commissioner Clay, denied an appeal in the
above case and affirmed the judgment for $500 with damages.

I am more and more impressed with the View that it
ought to be only in rare instances that we attempt to get
the Court of Appeals to grant us appeals where the judgments
are under $500.

I am not familiar with the facts of this Reed Thomas
case. But, stating the proposition generally, I think where '
the question is only one of excess of damages and where there
is some evidence to sustain the verdict, and the only argument
we can make on that point is that the verdict is not sus—
tained by sufficient evidence, our policy, generally, should
be to act towards the other side as though we expected to
take an appeal, but not to incur any expense to that end,
and endeavor to bring about a compromise of the judgment
without appealing, and then settle the matter. 1‘“ ,

Yours very truly, , wyy,v ,
District Attorney,

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' R. ‘.5. K«genon, 3811., 2
Clerk Court of Appeals,
Frankfort, Kentucky.
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ATﬁjnNEY AT LAW
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Counsel,
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Dear Sir,
Yours of May 2, with copy of your reply brief,
received. All right.
I see in the report in an afternoon paper of
the proceedings of the Court of Appeals today, that
your reply brief was filed. :
Yours very tr 1y, 1/
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Disyrict Attorney,

 OFFICE CLERK COURT OF APPEALS
Frankfort, Ky.. , 1 . 1915
Dear Sir — ,\(
Your brief for ”72,:“;: in case of
N ,’N, a , ”m vs. ,7 ”Wm”
received and filed.
Very truly yours,, ,
ROBERT L.“ GREENE'VP-G; OKLA.

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L & E By. 00. V. Reed Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas
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Judge Samuel M. Wilson,
Counsel, Lexington, Ky.
Dear Sir,
‘Yours of April 3 and previous correspondence in regard
to newspaper report of the proceedings of the Court of
' Appeals some time in the latter part of March, which recited
that in L & N R Co. v. Cornett a brief was filed with notice:
‘ Yesterday, when I was at Frankfort, was the first
opportunity I have had to run this matter down. I find that
the newspaper report was a misprision and that the case that
was meant to be referred to in the report was L & E Ry. Co.
v. Reed Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas. I suppose this is the
case in which appellee's brief was filed and which you stated
Judge Pollard had sent you, but which you had not then had
an opportunity to examine. I suppose you have since examined
it, and if there is anything it you think should he replied
to, you will file a reply brief. [
Yours very truly,
I District Attorney

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! COURT =1)? APPEARS OF K‘CITUCECY.
Lexington & Eastern Railway Company, Appellant.
, vs: BRIEF roe APPELL".‘H‘,S.
Feed Thomas &c., Appellees.
STAT?“.Q.ZE NT .
This is an appeal prosecuted by the appellant, Lexington {
& Eastern Railway Company, from a judgment of the Breathitt Circuit
Court rendered at its January Term I915 in favor of the Appellees,
Reed Whomas and Elizabeth Thomas, for the sum of Three hundred
($500.00) Dollars, as permanent damages on account of the
obstruction and diversion of the channel and current of the Rorth
Fork of the Kentucky River by a fill constructed out into the
river at a point on the opposite side of the river just above
. Appellees’ land, by reason of which their river banks and river I
bottom land and fencing has been caused to be washed away and
injured.
The facts of this case briefly, are, that the Appellees',
together with other lands, are the owners of a tract of four acres
of land situated in what is known as the "McIntosh Bend“ of the
North Fork of the river and opposite to the railroad of the
3 Appellant, which runs up said North Fork through Breathitt County
' 1 to McRoberts in Letaher County. Just above the Aspellees' said
tract of land there is a large bend in the river and in the i
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' ' construction of its' railroad the appellant did not follow
this curve of the river, but built its track as nearly straight
fas possible, making ancut and fill in the bend from 20 to 50
feet so that the bed of the railroad isynow almost where the
‘ river ran before the railroad was built; This caused the
Channel of the river to be narrowed and the current which formerly
ran on the side of the river next to the side on which the
railroad is built to be diverted and changed so that the current V
and channel of the river since the construction of said fill
runs on the side next to the appellees' land, end in addition
to this fill, which is from four to five hundred feet in
‘ , length the appellant caused large rocks to be thrown into the
river just below the fill, further diverting the channel and
current of the river against the lands of the appellees,
thereby causing them to wash away as before stated.
‘ the appellant in its motion end grounds for a new trial .
relied upon a number of alleged errors claimed to have been
_ ~ committed by the Court in the trial of this cause, but in the
brief of counsel for appellant all of the alleged grounds for
new trial are abandoned , except one, and appellant seeks a
reversal of this cause upon this appeal in the language of its'
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counsel "upon the sole ground that the verdict and judgment
, are flagrantly against the weight of the evidence and the
damages awarded grossly excessive."
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THE VERDICT "" JUDihL'fll'f FULLY
SUPPORTED BY '...f‘iif') HVIDECIICE.
There were ten witnesses in all who testified upon
. the trial of this case in the lower court, only three of
them testifying in favor of the appellant, while seven
witnesses testified to facts which amply support the verdict
' and judgment rendered in favor of the appellees.
Reed Thomas, one of the appellees testified that the ‘
lands of the appellees lie just below the fill made by the
appellant in the river and on the opposite side from the
> railroad; that the railroad did not follow the curve in the
river just above the appelless' land, but was built straight,
making a cut and fill in the bend so that"the bed of the
railroad is now almost where the river use to be before the
» railroad was built". (Tr. page .'5); that this fill, which was
begun in the year 1910 extends out into the river 20 to 30 .
feet, and that it has changed the current and chattel of the
river; that before the fill has made the current ran on the
side of the river opposite appellees' land, while now it runs
. on the side next to their land. (Tr. page 5); that the
’ diverting of the river from its natural flow caused appellees'
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land to break off since the fill was made and caused the soil
to be washed off; that it has so washed out their river banks
4 that appellees cant keep a fence along the river; that this i
wash extends from one end of the land to the other, a distance
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of about 200 yards, excepting a little piece at the extreme
' ‘ lower end, and the soil has teen washed off all along the
river front and the banks caused to break off and slip into
' the river, and bushes and trees that formerly held the soil
and kept the banks from washing away have been rooted u; and
’ washed out by the water. (fr. page 5).; that appellees
formerly raised each year about fifty bushess of corn per acre
I on this land; that three acres of the said four acre tract
' are river banks and river bottom lands and ayyellees raised (
each year at :50 bushels of corn on this land, anion was
ordinarily worth One Dollar per bushel, and the average crap
' yield by this land per year amounted to about lne Kindred and
Fifty Dollars; that this three acres of land was worth Two
Kindred and rifty Boilers yer acre before this injury, and
that the land has already been impaired in its market value
’ ‘ by reaSOn of the washing aforesaid in the sum of 7500.00.
(Tr. pages 7 a S). appellee further testified that the fill I
above his land is 463 feet 1035 and that just lelow the fill
appellant threw large rocks into the river nearly opposite the
upper end of appellees' land. (Tr. page Id). Apyellee also ‘
, I ' ' testified that in estimating the damage to his land at the
1 $300.00 he only considered the difference between the mlrket
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, value prior to the construction of the fill and after its
construction had already, not taking into consideration
' future injuries, but only the present and past injury, and
that the future injurt would in his judgment be a total
destruction of the river banks and bottom land, making a 2
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total past, present and furture injury to the market value of
from 7700.013 to ""?50.00. (arr. pages IV).
Anderson ahitaker,the next witness introduced for
Appelleee testified that the fill extends out into the river
30 to 35 feet and is from four hundred to five hundred feet in
length, and that large reeks were blown out into the river just
below the fill, (fr. page 2163 that the current ran on the side
. next to the railroad before the fill was made but new on account
of the fill and the rocks thrown into the river the channel and ‘
current runs on to the side next to espellees' land: and have
, caused the banks to be washed out under the fence and the poets
left hanging on wire off of the ground, and that the soil has
been washed from one end to the other, {Tr. page 23).
V J. 0. R. Allen also introdueed by anpellees toatifieﬁ
I that the fill extends out into the river from twenty to thirty
. . ‘ foot and rocks are seat ered out into the river inst above the
- Thomas pleas causing the current to he eheneed from the railroad
side where it formerly ran to the ophoeite side next to the themes
land,(ﬁr. page 35); that this has sensed trees to he washed out,
. g , , and that there are slips under the fences that a horse could get
‘ under, and that the soil above has been caused to save in on
aooount of these slips, no that the vendihle value of this land
has been diminished from $200.30 to 7500.00 at the onesent time, (
ggﬁ Eggiﬁgiiggg consideration future .égﬁﬂﬂﬁi That this land
ordinarily before its injury about fifty bushels of earn per sore
4 I per year,(tr. pages 36 to 50).

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301 fable also introduced by awﬁellees testifieﬂ
I ‘ that the £111 amzrnas 011?; mm mm 1:1-var abmz‘o :5 to 20 ﬁfe-.113
and is from 100 to 200 yards in length, anﬁ that there ara Barge
rocks thrawn out into the river at ihe lower enﬂ 95 the fill
just above the Ehomas plane which hag gauged the current of
the river t0 b8 diverted from the oppasiﬁe siae to the Thomas
aide nf the river,(rr. page 419.
Joe tiara, another of anpalleas witnes es testifiea that
the £111 extanda out into $53 river from 33 t0 30 feet, and §
large reeks were thrown out into the river at 1%; layer ena of
{he fill 39 that tha surrent or chamnel which ﬁcrmerlg rah 03
the oapcsite siae has now baen ehanged 236 éiverted so as to
I run against appellees' lama“ anﬁ that ﬁTﬁellGES land has been
washed off and twc or threc slips have bexm causeﬁ from the
' ﬁg? of the bank t3 tha rivar; that naarly all of the fence
h&s been waghaa up and left nagging in the air ape: wireg
whle? ware atfaaheﬂ t0 trees arowina aleng thm baﬁk; ihat
fhese 81133 are on the insiée of the fenae abouitndiéle way
05 the bank; tﬁaﬁ the vandible valmg 3f the 1&36 has bean
ﬁim$nishea 0n ascount thereof frem “£00.00 to '501.00, 235
including future damage.(rr. gages 46 ta 50).
Raﬁ Crosv also introdueeﬁ by gyeellees tastifiaa that
t ' iha fill and ﬁhe rocks thrcwa out intc ﬁha river have so ‘
diverta? the channel and the current of the river from tha
appegite side to the $homas side of ﬁne river so as to Wﬁsh out
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appellees' fences and ten; hp the trees growing on the
river banks and has caused large slips in the bank, whereby
' the vendible value of this land has been diminished 400.00;
that this land formerly raised from fifty to seventy—five
dollars worth of corn an acre per year and was worth $200.00
an acre before the construction of the fill and the consequent
I washing away of the soil, (ii.‘r.54 to 55); that witness; has been
acquainted with this land for a number of years, and that there
were never slips in the banks before the fill was built by the a
. railroad, (Tr. page 65).
Ed Combs also introduced by the appellant testified
that the fill changed the current of the river to the Thomas
side and caused the soil to be cut off and trees washed out,
whereby the vendible value of the land was redueed from $500.00
to 5500.00.
: The appellant introduced Richard Bowling, 3. E. Strong
‘ l and Elisha Haddix, each of whom undertook to testify that the t
’ - current of the stream had not been diferted by the fill, and
that the vendible value of appellees' Land had not been injured,
I but two of these witnesses, D. P. ttrOng and Elisha ﬁaddix,
I each admitted that they had not been on the Thomas side of the
river since the construction of the fill, and that their
_ observation had been made from the railroad side of the river
while riding along on the railroad trains, and that their
testimony was based upon such observation from the Opposite
side of the river, and each of these witnesses, 3°W1inﬂa ;
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ﬂtrong and Haddix admitted that although well acquainteﬁ
' ‘ with this land thag'haﬂ never knOWﬁ or heard of a3; slips or
’ washing 0f these banks before the railraad fill was built.
(Ir. pages 65,85 and 98). :hile two af these witnesses
whose observation was limiteh to a view from railroad trains
‘ untertook to testify that tha sliys were cause& by water ’
ueeps, yet Lhe apgallee, Reea Thomas and :eé Gross, who were
each well acquaintea with the land testified thax such was not
the fact, and thare had never been any water seeps which caused 1
» , the banks to 311$. (Er. pagag 104 ané :05}.
$¥§811303' three witnesses also unﬁertook to cla.m
I thaé the high ﬁiaea caused the injury :0 aypellees‘ river banks
. $26 ba