DeHaven v. Danville Gas Light Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Reversing.

Mrs. Etta B. DeHaven brought this suit against the Danville Gas Light Company to recover for injuries which she received by falling through an opening in the pavement in front of a store in Danville, Kentucky. The facts of the case axe, in brief, these:

' There was an opening in the' pavement covered by two iron doors leading to a cellar. A gas leak had appeared in the cellar. The servants of the gas company opened the grating on the pavement and went down in the cellar to stop the leak. They were at work there during the day and while they…