City of Louisville v. Pirtle

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

On September 28, 1941, tbe appellee and plaintiff below, and her husband were each riding horseback over the boulevards and bridle paths of Iroquois Park in the city of Louisville. While riding along one of the latter, and over a bridge or culvert across a small stream, a front foot of the horse on which plaintiff was riding broke through the culvert, or bridge, throwing her from her horse whereby she sustained painful and serious injuries.

At that time the parks of the city were managed, controlled and superintended by a Board of Park Commissioners…