City of Hazard v. Adkins

Opinion of the .Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Affirming.

The city of Hazard appeals from a judgment awarding Lucy Orem Adkins $750 damages for injury to her property, caused by the construction of a bridge above the level of the street adjoining the property.

The facts are: 'The corporate limits of Hazard, a city of the fourth class, are on both sides of the north of the Kentucky river. State highway No. 15, leading from Winchester to .Whitesburg and beyond, passes through Hazard along Main street in the east end of the city. The east end lies in the bend of the. river and is known as Big Bottom. A…