Murray & Campbellsville & Greensburg Telephone Co. v. Cowherd

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Winn —

Affirming.

The Campbellsville & Greensburg Telephone Company is a corporation with its poles and line extending along the turnpike between the two towns. G. V. Murray is its president and general manager. On April 1, 1911, W. T. Cowherd was knocked from his farm wagon, *592'which, he was driving along the road, by a telephone pole which fell over upon him. He was partially paralyzed by the accident and suffered no little, both bodily and pecuniarily. He brought his action against the appellants for damage, and upon a trial recovered a judgment of $2,875, from…