Ketterer's Admr. v. State Brd. of Control
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 32. — ACTION BY FRED KETTERER’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL AND ANOTHER, FOR DAMAGES FOR THE NEGLIGENT DEATH OF APPELLANT’S INTESTATE. Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge.
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CASE 32. — ACTION BY FRED KETTERER’S ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL AND ANOTHER, FOR DAMAGES FOR THE NEGLIGENT DEATH OF APPELLANT’S INTESTATE. Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals. 1. If the charges in the pleadings are true, it seems to be a great hardship that one may be taken to a charitable institution and the persons in charge and control of the inmates can employ whomsoever they desire, however vicious they may be, and retain them, although such servants committed murder, and still the…
1Opinion of the Court
*290Opinion op the Court by
Judge Nunn
Affirming.
This action was instituted by appellant against appellees, the Kentucky State Board of Control and J. S. Redwine, superintendent of the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, to recover damages for the loss of the life of appellant’s intestate by reason of the negligence of the members of the board of control and J. S. Redwine, the superintendent of the asylum. A demurrer was filed and sustained to the petition, and appellant filed an amended petition, which, in substance, contains his real cause of complaint against' appellees. It is as follows: “The…
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- Williamson v. Louisville Industrial School of ReformCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
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