Essick v. City of Lexington

The only assignment of error brought forward by the defendants City of Lexington and Lexington Utility Commission was the denial of their motion for judgment of nonsuit.

It was not controverted that the City of Lexington in its corporate capacity owned and operated electric light and power lines, and that the Utility Commission was an incorporated agency of the City charged with supervision and management thereof. The plaintiff’s intestate was a carpenter, in the employ of the Dixie Furniture Company and was engaged at the time of his injury in putting a metal cap on the top of the roof over…