Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Magness' Administratrix

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming the judgment on one appeal and dismissing on the other appeal.

Lemuel Magness, an employe of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, was killed by a telephone wire that had come in contact with one of the electric wires of the Mayfield ‘Water and Light Company. To recover damages for his death his administratrix brought this suit against the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Mayfield Water and Light Company, and on the first trial of the case the trial court directed a verdict in favor of both companies, hut after-*331wards…