Indian Refining Co. v. Mobley
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 10$. — ACTION BY JOHN J. MOB-LEY AGAINST THE INDIAN REPINING COMPANY POR DAMAGES POR PERSONAL INJURIES. — Appeal from Scott Circuit Court. Judgment for' plaintiff, defendant appeals. — SUMMARY. 1. The appellee was either a trespasser or a bare licensee. He was aot upon the premises of appellant as an invited person. The appellant, therefore, owed him no duty to use care to keep its premises or machinery in a reasonably safe condition.
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CASE 10$. — ACTION BY JOHN J. MOB-LEY AGAINST THE INDIAN REPINING COMPANY POR DAMAGES POR PERSONAL INJURIES. — Appeal from Scott Circuit Court. Judgment for' plaintiff, defendant appeals. — SUMMARY. 1. The appellee was either a trespasser or a bare licensee. He was aot upon the premises of appellant as an invited person. The appellant, therefore, owed him no duty to use care to keep its premises or machinery in a reasonably safe condition. The extent of appellant’s duty was not to wantonly or willfully injure him. The motion of appellant for a peremptory instruction should therefore have been…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Judge Lassing
Reversing
*824This is an appeal from a judgment of the Scott circuit court awarding appellee, John J. Mobley, $5,000 damages for injuries received by him in the explosion of a steam pipe in appellant’s plant in Georgetown, Ky., while he was there soliciting insurance. Appellee is and was at the time of the injury complained of, a solicitor of insurance for a fraternal order. Appellant owns and operates a large refining plant near Georgetown, and has in its employ a great many men. While appellee was working at Versailles he received word from the management of…
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