Kentucky Service Co. v. Miracle

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Through his father as next friend, Chester Miracle, an infant, brought this action against the Kentucky Service Company to recover damages for personal injuries. From a verdict and judgment in his favor for $1,500, the company appeals.

The facts are these: On the occasion of the accident a lineman of the company was engaged in stringing an electric wire diagonally across the public highway at a point just south of McKinney, and at the lowest point the wire sagged about five or six feet above the highway. While the wire was in this position, a truck…