Blackburn v. Kentucky & West Virginia Power Co.

MOREMEN, Justice.

On June 24, 1949, in daylight, appellant, Corbett Blackburn, was driving a span of mules, harnessed to a mower, along the right side of Lick Creek Road in Pike County, when a one-half ton truck owned •by appellee, Kentucky and West Virginia Power Company, approached from the rear. This truck, which was moving at a reasonable speed, pulled out and came abreast of the mules, at which time they became frightened and ran off. Appellant was thrown from the seat and injured and, before their flight was over, the mules were bruised and cut.

Appellant filed an action in which he…