KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY v. CARTER


321 S.W.2d 410 (1959)

KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY, Appellant v. Myrtle CARTER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Baird, Baird & Hays, Pikeville, for appellant.

E. D. Stephenson, Pikeville, for appellee.


SIMS, Judge.

Appellee, Mrs. Myrtle Carter, was severely injured by coming in contact with a wire charged with electricity which she averred was caused by the negligence of appellant, Kentucky Power Company (hereinafter referred to as the Company), and sued it for $10,202 damages. The first trial resulted in a hung jury and on a second trial she recovered judgment for $3,000.

The Company assigns five grounds for a reversal of the judgment, among which are that...

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