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KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY v. GEVEDON

343 S.W.2d 381 (1960)

KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY, Appellant, v. Olivet GEVEDON, Administratrix of the Estate of H. C. Gevedon, deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. R. Hays, Baird & Hays, Pikeville, for appellant.

Bert T. Combs, C. Kilmer Combs, Combs & Combs, Prestonsburg, J. Blaine Nickell, Nickell & Walter, West Liberty, for appellee.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Olivet Gevedon, as the administratrix of the estate of her husband, H. C. Gevedon, deceased, recovered judgment against the Kentucky Power Company in the sum of $18,500 for his alleged wrongful death sustained by contact with a high tension wire. The power company urges on its appeal that it was not negligent and the deceased was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Appellant maintained electric lines on poles located along...

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