Watkins' Administrator v. City of Catlettsburg

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—,Affirm mg.

In its essence, this case presents the question of whether the duty which a municipality owes to the traveling public is one of notification or fortification against danger. In its particularity, the question is whether the city of Catlettsburg owed a duty to place a barrier at the end of a street of sufficient strength to have prevented an automobile being driven off into the Ohio river by reason of which a man was drowned.

The river flows westwardly by that city. Division street, running north and south, terminates at the juncture of…