Kentucky Traction & Terminal Co. v. Soper

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

As appellee, Ruth. Soper, alighted -from an interurban car of appellant company in Paris, at night time, she stepped upon something that rolled and moved causing her foot to creel and she fell upon the pavement, injuring her foot and ankle and dislocating some of her internal organs in such way as to cause her excruciating pain and disable her for many weeks to pursue her regular employment as stenographer and bookkeeper. She was awarded $5,000.00 damages by a jury, upon which verdict judgment was entered, and the traction company appeals.

Appellant…