Legal Opinion

City of Owensboro v. Winfrey

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 25, 1921PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeals from Daviess Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing tbe judgment in the first case, granting an appeal and reversing the judgment in the second case, and affirming the judgment on the cross appeal.

On the morning of August 27, 1918, between 8:30 and 9:00 o ’clock Martin Winfrey, a colored man about 61 *107years of age, received an electrical shock resulting in Ms death and this .suit was filed by the appellees, his widow and children, against the City of Owensboro, Owensboro City Bailroad Company, Henry B. Berry and the administrator of the deceased, seeking to recover damages for Ms death against all of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lewis' Adm'r v. Bowling Green Gas Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
  2. Hayden v. Chicago, Memphis & Gulf RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  3. Wiley v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Hoffman v. Potomac Edison Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1934
  2. Bryan v. SweeneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
  3. Hines v. MayCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
  4. Heber v. Puget Sound Power & Light Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Barnett v. Des Moines Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925

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