Kentucky Traction & Terminal Co. v. Bain

OPINION op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

— Reversing.

Mrs. J. L. Bain owns a house on Wilkinson street, in Frankfort. The Kentucky Traction & Terminal Company has a track in Wilkinson street, on which it runs its cars. The street is narrow, and Mrs. Bain’s house sets out near the street line. As one of the cars of the traction company was going down Wilkinson street it left the track near Mrs. Bain’s house and ran into the house, damaging it considerably. Mrs. Bain was in the house at the time and brought these actions against the traction company to recover for the injury to the house and…