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KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA GAS CO. v. SLONE

238 S.W.2d 476 (1951)

KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA GAS CO. v. SLONE et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Combs & Combs, Prestonsburg, John L. Smith, Catlettsburg, for appellant.

Clark Pratt, John Chris Cornett, and Cordell H. Martin, all of Hindman, for appellees.

SIMS, Justice.

Rush and Lark Slone, joined by their wives, sued the Kentucky-West Virginia Gas Company for $2500 damages done by fire to timber and fencing on a tract of 300 acres of land in Knott County owned by them. The petition averred the fire was started by negligence of the company. The answer was a general denial followed by a plea of contributory negligence on the part of plaintiffs. A trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $500. In seeking...

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