Pugh v. City of Catlettsburg

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming,

Catlett B. Pugh sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and the city of Catlettsburg to recover damages for personal injuries and the destruction of his automobile occasioned by a collision between the automobile and an iron pier supporting the overhead tracks of the railway company where they cross Oakland avenue in that city. At the conclusion of all the evidence a directed verdict was returned in favor of the defendants and plaintiff appeals.

Oakland avenue runs east and west, intersecting with Plum and Mound streets. Between these…