City of Bowling Green v. Rogers

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Reversing.

The city of Bowling Creen erected on a lot owned by it a city hall in which were the offices of the Mayor and other city officials, the police court room, and the city prison. The part of the building set apart for the city prison was on the side next to the lot of Mary H. Rogers, used by her as a family residence. About two years after the erection of the city hall and its occupancy by the city authorities, she brought this suit against the city to recover damages on the ground that the city prison had rendered the use of her property as…