Kentucky Power Co. v. Combs

CAMMACK, Judge.

This action was instituted by V. G. Combs and Jane Combs, the appellees, to recover the value of a store building and its contents which were destroyed by fire allegedly caused by the negligence of the appellant, the Kentucky Power Company. The jury returned a verdict of $5,000 for the appellees, and this appeal is from the judgment entered thereon.

The alleged negligence of the Company was the maintenance of a defective entrance cable which connected its three-wire service drop with the meter on the side of the appellees’ store. The cable had allegedly become so weather-worn…