Kentucky Utilities Co. v. Young

MILLIKEN, Justice.

Upon the ground that it was entitled to a directed verdict, the appellant, Kentucky Utilities Company, hereinafter referred to as the Company, has asked for the reversal of a judgment for $8,000 rendered against it in favor of the appellee, C. T. Young, doing business as Young Hardware Company in Beaver Dam, Kentucky.

The appellee’s frame millwork building was partially destroyed by fire during the early morning hours of July 18, 1947, and his pleadings in this litigation specifically assert that the fire loss was caused by the Company’s defective equipment — an electric…