Legal Opinion
Morrow v. City of Harlan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 10, 1961PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The appeal is from a judgment on a directed verdict for the City of Harlan in an action for damages for personal injuries by the appellant, Charles T. Morrow.
*402In the twilight of October 4, 1958, the appellant stepped on the lid of a catch basin or drainage sewer manhole cover in the sidewalk at a street corner curb and it “rolled or tilted.” He dropped into the hole up to his arms. Some city workmen had been cleaning out the manhole about noon of the previous day, which was thirty or thirty-two hours before the accident. There was no evidence of a defective condition of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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