Louisville Public Library Co. v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cabe 39 — Proceeding Between City of Louisville and the Louisville .Public Libbary as to Providing Fire Escapes. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS BRANCH, SECOND DIVISION — THOMAS R. GORDON, judge. .Judgment for the City and the Library Appeals. Under Ky.
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Cabe 39 — Proceeding Between City of Louisville and the Louisville .Public Libbary as to Providing Fire Escapes. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS BRANCH, SECOND DIVISION — THOMAS R. GORDON, judge. .Judgment for the City and the Library Appeals. Under Ky. St., 1903, sec. 2758, which is a part of the act for government of cities of the first class, passed July 1, 1893, and which .provides that statutes previously enacted for the inspection of buildings shall continue in force until superseded by appropriate ordinances .passed by the general council, the whole question of…
1Opinion of the Court
.Opinion of the court by
JUDGE PAYNTER
Affirming.
An ordinance approved August 14, 1899, with reference to "fire escapes, reads as follows: “All buildings occupied by •any person or persons, or in which any person or persons shall be employed or assemble (except such as are used as private residences exclusively), of three or more stories in height, shall be provided with onei or more permanent approved fire-escapes when ordered by the inspector, or his deputies, and the escapes must be in such number and constructed and located in such manner, as directed in said notice or order.” Is the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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