Walters v. Louisville Water Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

G-eorge Walters sued the Louisville Water Company for damages for personal injuries received when he stepped on a loose water cap maintained by the water company. Walters was an employee of Ed Korb, an interior decorator. He testified that on November 5, 1941, he was sent in a truck to 2607 West Walnut street in Louisville where a fellow employee was working. When returning from the house to his truck with a bucket of paint he stepped on the cap of a water meter vault or well, located partly in the sidewalk, and the cap titled causing his left leg to…