Williams v. Codell Construction Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Bees

Affirming.

Appellant, Mrs. Julia Williams, is the owner of a dwelling house located on the east side of Boone avenue-in Winchester, Ky. In the year 1931, the city of Winchester contracted with Bishop-Bobinson & Co. to extend its sanitary and storm sewer system. The contractor sublet to Codell Construction Company the construction of a tunnel under Boone avenue, extending south from a point near the intersection of College street and Boone avenue' to Moundale avenue, a distance of more than 1,300 feet. A shaft was sunk 22 feet below the surface of the…