Legal Opinion
Mckinney v. City & County of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 21, 1952No. Civ. No. 14838PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNourse, P. J.
Plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries incurred while feeding a polar bear at the San Francisco Zoological Gardens. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and plaintiff appeals.
The zoological gardens is owned and operated by the city and county as a part of its park system and is under the supervision and control of the City Park and Recreation Department. Entrance to it is free to the public. In it the city maintained two polar bears in a cage 50 by 100 feet. The distance between the bars of the cage in which the bears were confined is 3 inches. Three…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bauman v. City and County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
- Chafor v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Laurenzi v. VranizanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- City of Fort Worth v. WigginsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- Kellar v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Moloney v. City of ColumbusOhio Supreme Court · 1965
- Smith v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
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