V. T. C. Lines v. Blanton

Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellee, an 8 year old boy, recovered a judgment for $2,500 for personal injuries against appellant bus company. The only issue raised on this appeal is *189whether or not the latter was entitled to a directed verdict.

The essential facts are not in dispute. The bus was traveling about 25 or 30 miles an hour on a straight stretch of highway near Louellen, Kentucky. On the right a swinging foot bridge crossed a creek. The end of the bridge was 8 or 10 feet from the hard surface of the road. On the afternoon of the accident one or two cars were parked off the highway, at…