Geideman v. City of Bay Village

The city of Bay Village contends that Section 723.01, Revised Code, imposes no duty upon it to install guardrails, barriers or curbs between portions of highways primarily used for vehicular travel or parking and sidewalks adjacent thereto, and that the absence of such barriers under the circumstances of this case does not as a matter of law constitute a nuisance within the contemplation of that section.

In Taylor v. City of Cincinnati, 143 Ohio St. 426, 447, it is said: “Municipalities, in the management and control of their streets and public grounds, act in a governmental capacity and hence…