Johnson v. Paducah Laundry Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 42 — ACTION BY GEORGE JOHNSON AGAINST THE PADUCAH LAUNDRY CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR •PERSONAL INJURIES. — March 20. Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court. W. M. Bled Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants', plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Peremptory instruction should never be given at the instance of defendant, after he has introduced testimony. (See Hart v. Callaway, 2 Bibb., 460, 3 Bibb., 527, 3 A. K. Marshall, 276;. Nance V. N. N. & M. V. Ry. Co., 13 Ky.
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CASE 42 — ACTION BY GEORGE JOHNSON AGAINST THE PADUCAH LAUNDRY CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR •PERSONAL INJURIES. — March 20. Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court. W. M. Bled Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants', plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Peremptory instruction should never be given at the instance of defendant, after he has introduced testimony. (See Hart v. Callaway, 2 Bibb., 460, 3 Bibb., 527, 3 A. K. Marshall, 276;. Nance V. N. N. & M. V. Ry. Co., 13 Ky. Law Rep., 554; Ohio Valley R. R. Co. v. McKinley, 18 Ky. Law Rep., 518; Jacobs v. Case, 8 Ky. Law Rep., 53; Comer v. Shelton,…
1Opinion of the Court
*371OpiwioN op the Const by
Chief Justice Hobson
Affirming.
The Paducah Laundry Company- has at the rear of its laundry, on Fifth and Jefferson streets, in Padu-cah, a vat, into which the pipes containing .the steam from- the laundry are run to he condensed; .the steam coming from -the boiler in the dry room. The. vat is 6 feet deep, 3 feet, wide, 12 feet long, and is kept full of water. It is four feet from the sidewalk and is situated in ah-open lot. On the' 18th of. January, 1904, George Johnson went to church with his-uncle, and, as they went home, Iris uncle, desiring to .step-aside on a call…
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