Lemon v. Edwards

CULLEN, Commissioner.

A gravel road runs from the main highway through the lands of Java Edwards to an area on the shores of Kentucky Lake occupied by a number of summer camps or cabins. On an evening in July, during a rainstorm, Mrs. Bess Lemon was driving-her automobile along this road, from her family’s cabin toward the main highway, when a large tree on Edwards’ land fell across the top of the automobile, crushing-it and causing serious injuries to Mrs. Lemon. She sued Edwards for damages, alleging that the tree had been dead for several years and that Edwards was negligent in not having…