FOURSEAM COAL CORPORATION v. GREER


282 S.W.2d 129 (1955)

FOURSEAM COAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Charles GREER, By His Mother and Next Friend, Augustine Greer, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craft & Stanfill, Hazard, for appellant.

Napier & Napier, Hazard, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Charles Greer, an infant, recovered judgment against the Fourseam Coal Corporation, in the amount of $5,000, as damages for personal injuries sustained by Greer when he fell from a coal tipple owned and operated by the corporation. Appealing from the judgment, the corporation maintains that the court erred in not sustaining its motion for a directed verdict.

The plaintiff's case was predicated upon the attractive nuisance doctrine. The...

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