Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Bell

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

In preparation for elevating its railroad across East Broadway, in Louisville, the appellant moved the crossing gates to protect a temporary track. One of the-standards or a base of a gate was placed in an nnpaved strip between tbe concrete sidewalk and the street curb on the north side of the street. An electric cable led underground from it for a few feet in this unpaved si rip parallel with the sidewalk, then across the street to the control switch. After dark on the evening of August 3, 1936, the appellee, Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, and a…