Lever Bros. Co. v. Stapleton

233 S.W.2d 1002 (1950)

LEVER BROS. CO.

v.

STAPLETON.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 3, 1950.

G. E. Reams, Edward G. Hill, Harlan, for appellant.

Daniel Boone Smith, Ray O. Shehan, Harlan, for appellee.

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment for $10,000 for the death of Mize Milton Stapleton, a 6 year old boy, caused by an automobile. The fatal accident occurred September 3, 1948, on the highway between Harlan and Pennington Gap, Virginia, at the hamlet of Cranks Creek. There are a store, in which the post office is kept, and eight or ten dwelling houses in the group. Just before…