GRAND RIVERS FERRY CO. v. MIMMS


242 S.W.2d 1005 (1951)

GRAND RIVERS FERRY CO., Inc. et al. v. MIMMS.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Karnes, Paducah, J. R. Wells, Roderick Keeney, Smithland, for appellants.

Gordon Lisanby, Alvin Lisanby, Princeton, for appellee.


LATIMER, Justice.

John Z. Mimms, alleging willful and gross negligence on part of defendants, sought to recover damages for destruction of his automobile and punitive damages in the sum of $1000.

He, his wife and neighbor, George Mosley and family, were proceeding from Earlington to the Kentucky Lake for a fishing trip, traveling in an automobile which he had purchased the previous day. In making this trip they crossed the Cumberland River by means of appellants...

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