Adams v. Combs ex rel. Combs

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 City of Salyersville. The city was given a directed verdict relieving it of liability. The jury returned a verdict for $500…