Bonner and Eddy, Receivers v. Mayfield

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

Appellee while in the employment of appellants was injured through a defect in a culvert crossed by the railway then under the control of appellants as receivers, and this action was brought to recover damages for such injury. The evidence of the roadmaster and others shows clearly that the. culvert was not properly constructed and that the injury resulted from that fact, and it-further shows that those in charge of the road could not have been ignorant of the defect.

It is urged that the receivers were not liable for injury resulting from defects in the road existing…