City of Paducah v. Ivey's Administrator

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke —

Affirming.

On August 28,1917, appellee’s intestate, a young man 21 years of age, while standing on the sidewalk near the corner of Second and Broadway streets in the city of Paducah conversing with friends, placed his hand on one of the iron posts which, supporting electric light globes, form a “white way” throughout the business section of the city. At the time he happened to be standing oh an iron plate that covered a man-hole in the sidewalk, and he was electrocuted the instant his hand touched the iron post. His administrator instituted this action…