Legal Opinion

Eagan v. City of Covington

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 19, 1915PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Kenton Circuit Court. (Law & Equity Division).

1Opinion of the Court

*826Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle.

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court, Law and Equity Division, entered upon a verdict in favor of the appellee, City of Covington, returned by the jury in obedience to a peremptory instruction from the court. The action was brought by the appellant, Josephine Eagan, to recover of the appellee city damages for injuries sustained to her person, resulting from a fall into a hole of water in a sidewalk, which, it was alleged, appellee had knowingly and negligently maintained or permitted to exist.

The accident, according to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Louisville v. LenehanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  2. City of Corbin v. BentonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  3. Reed v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
  4. City Mayfield v. HughleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. City of Newport v. SchmitCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
  2. City of Pineville v. LawsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  3. City of Ludlow v. GorthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  4. Central City v. SnodgrassCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
  5. City of Dayton v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1963

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