VAUGHT'S ADMINISTRATRIX v. KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO.


296 S.W.2d 459 (1956)

Charles D. VAUGHT'S ADMINISTRATRIX (Monnie Vaught), Appellant, v. KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fritz Krueger, W. R. Jones, Somerset, Allen Prewitt, Frankfort, for appellant.

Squire R. Ogden, T. M. Galphin, Jr., Ogden, Galphin & Abell, Louisville, Ben D. Smith, Somerset, for appellee.


HOGG, Judge.

Appellant, Monnie Vaught, brought this action as the personal representative of Charles D. Vaught seeking to recover $75,000 damages to his estate and $1,520 funeral and burial expenses from the Kentucky Utilities Company on the ground that the company had negligently constructed and maintained its electrical wires, thereby causing the electrocution of Vaught. At the trial, after the introduction of all evidence...

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