Gee's Admr. v. City of Hopkinsville

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

There runs through the city of Hopkinsville a stream of water called the West Fork of Little River that during heavy rainfalls becomes a swift, high and dangerous current, although in ordinary conditions it is passable on foot. Several of the streets of the city, including Second street, cross this river. On two of these streets the city has built bridges, and, many years ago it macadamized Second street on each side of the river to the center of it, thereby making it, when the river was low, a safe highway for vehicles as well as pedestrians.

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