Louisville Gas Co. v. Fuller
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 69. — ACTION BY CHARLES E. FULLER AND HIS WIFE WINIFRED FULLER AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE GAS CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES SUSTAINED BY MRS. FULLER. — April 17. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit- Court. (Common Pleas Branch, First Division.) Emmet Field, Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs.
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CASE 69. — ACTION BY CHARLES E. FULLER AND HIS WIFE WINIFRED FULLER AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE GAS CO. FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES SUSTAINED BY MRS. FULLER. — April 17. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit- Court. (Common Pleas Branch, First Division.) Emmet Field, Judge. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals A reversal of the judgment is asked on the following grounds: 1. The court .below should have instructed the jury peremptorily to find for .appellant. 2. The verdict of the jury is contrary to the evidence. 3. The evidence is not sufficient to support an instruction allowing the jury to…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION by
Chief Justice Hobson
— Reversing.
Mrs. Winifred Fuller, the wife of Charles E. Fuller, resided on A^est Market street, in Louisville, on January 6, 1904-, They applied to the Louisville GHas Company to take out the meter that was in the house and put in what is known as a “slot meter.” The gas company sent a man to make the change. Mrs. Fuller met him on the porch. The meter was in the- cellar the cellar was approached through-‘a trapdoor in the pantry; to go down into the cellar *617from the kitchen one had to walk over the trapdoor and then open it hack toward the kitchen .door There…
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