Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co. v. Priest's Adm'r

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

O. F. Brite, administrator of the estate of Dewey Priest, deceased, brought this action against the Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power Company to recover damages for the death of Priest, who was electrocuted August 12, 1936, when he came in contact with an electric wire owned and maintained by the defendant. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $7,500 and the defendant has appealed.

Priest was employed by Mathias Hook, who owned a corner lot, fronting on Depot street in Hardinsburg and on the west side extending along Main street. A two-story…