City of Bowling Green v. Peterson

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson—

Reversing.

Della Peterson was awarded $2,000.00 in damages against tbe City of Bowling Green for a personal injury suffered by ber as tlie result of a falling pole, which stood upon the streets of the city, striking her as she walked along the pavement of Twelfth street. She charged and proved to the satisfaction, of the jury that *312the cedar pole, which was 'about twelve feet high, eight or nine inches in diameter at the bottom and about six or seven inches thick at the top, had been standing on the street for many years, and that two or three years…