Louisville Hydro-Electric Co. v. Coburn

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The appellee, Edward Coburn, owns a lot fronting 63% feet on Tarascón avenue and extending back 126 feet along Plum street in a section of Louisville known as Shippingport. It is located near: the south bank of the Ohio river and 300 feet east and up the river from an embankment constructed in 1926 and 1927 by the appellant, Louisville Hydro-Electric Company. The embankment is about 2,500 feet in length, 100 to 120 feet in width at the bottom, 16 to 20 feet in width at the top', and 20 to 25 feet in height, and extends from appellant’s power plant in…