ADAMS v. COMBS


465 S.W.2d 288 (1971)

J. H. ADAMS, Appellant, v. John H. COMBS, next friend of Benetta Combs, a minor, 9 years of age and City of Salyersville, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Rice, Paintsville, for appellant.

Perry & Greene, Paintsville, Marcus Mann, Salyersville, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

A bicycle which nine-year-old Benetta Combs was riding down a subdivision street in Salyersville struck a hole in the street and Benetta was thrown to the ground. Two upper front teeth were cracked, a chip being broken out of one of them, and she sustained a cut in her leg below the knee which required three stitches, through her father as next friend she sued J. H. Adams, a contractor who had installed a water line crossing the street, and the...

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