Priest's Administratrix v. E. L. Anderson Lumber Co.

BIRD, Judge.

Stephen T. Priest, 82, was killed while walking eastward on the north side of Kentucky Highway 86 near Vertrees, in Hardin County. The administratrix, a daughter, filed this action to recover damages for Priest’s death, charging defendant with negligence in the operation of a motor truck that struck and killed him. This appeal is taken from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict for the defendant.

*377A number of witnesses saw both Priest and defendant’s track just immediately before the accident but no one saw the truck strike him. All of these witnesses placed decedent well on…