Kentucky Institution for Blind v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 105. — PROSECUTION AGAINST THE KENTUCKY INSTITUTION, FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND FOR FAILING TO PUT UP FIRE ESCAPES AS REQUIRED BY AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court' (Common Pleas Branch, 3d Division.) Upton W. Muir, Judge. Prom the judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition of the Institution praying for an injunction restraining the prosecutions, the institution appeals.
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Case 105. — PROSECUTION AGAINST THE KENTUCKY INSTITUTION, FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND FOR FAILING TO PUT UP FIRE ESCAPES AS REQUIRED BY AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court' (Common Pleas Branch, 3d Division.) Upton W. Muir, Judge. Prom the judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition of the Institution praying for an injunction restraining the prosecutions, the institution appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 5th Biennial Comx>ilation of Ordinances of City of Louisville, page '304. (A)This. Court takes judicial notice of the ordinances of the City of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge O’Rear
Reversing.
' Is an ordinance of the city requiring all buildings of a certain class to have fire escapes, applicable to the propertv of annellant, which is an institution of the State; and if so, is it a valid ordinance? That is the question for decision presented on this appeal. The ordinance is entitled: “An ordinance concerning the erection and maintenance of fire escapes on public and private buildings in the city of Louisville.” Its second section reads: “All buildings occupied by any person or persons, *771or m 'which any person or persons shall be employed or assembled…
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