Louisville Baseball Club v. Hill

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

— Affirming.

William Donald Hill, an 11 year old boy, accompanied by his mother, while on his way to a ball game in Louisville about 7:30 P. M., on July 9, 1940, was struck in the face by a baseball which came over the fence from appellant’s ball park as he was crossing a public street, Eastern Parkway. The ball cut the cheek under his left eye, also broke his nose, and in a suit brought in the name of his mother as next friend, he recovered a judgment for $2,000 compensatory damages against appellant, Louisville Baseball Club. The Club relies upon four…