Union Light, Heat & Power Co. v. Lakeman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Kenton Circuit Court Criminal, Common Law & Equity Division).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court bt
Chief Justice Hobson
Affirming.
William Lakeman in December, 1911, was operating a blacksmith shop at tbe corner of Ferry and Main streets in Covington, Kentucky; tbe Union Light, Heat and Power Company furnished bim with electric lights *34from a wire carrying a voltage of 110 volts, which is not dangerous to one handling the wire. But the company also furnished electricity in running the street cars and lighting the streets and for this purpose, maintained wires carrying a voltage of 4,500 volts of electricity. One of its poles near the blacksmith shop had at the top of it…
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