Kohake v. City of Cincinnati

OPINION

By HAMILTON, J.

Appeal on questions of law.

The plaintiff’s action was for damages for personal injuries suffered by him through the claimed negligence of the city of Cincinnati, its agents and employees.

Briefly, the pertinent facts are as follows:

Plaintiff, Kohake was a conductor on a street car, which was moving on Harrison Avenue, city of Cincinnati, toward the city. The city of Cincinnati at the time was engaged in street repairs to Harrison Avenue. As a part of the machinei’y for these repairs of the street, it had placed in the street, within a few inches of the street car tracks,…