Grover v. City of Manhattan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

This is a damage action instituted by the plaintiff against the City of Manhattan and one of its employees. From an order of the district court sustaining the city’s motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff has appealed. The employee is not a party to this appeal.

The question presented concerns the liability of a municipality in the operation and maintenance of its zoo.

The events giving rise to the appeal may be briefly summarized. Jimmy Lee Grover, age ten, while visiting the Sunset Zoo on September 23, 1962, suffered injuries as a…