Legal Opinion
City of Louisville v. Webber
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 6, 1934PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Stanley, Commissioner
Reversing.
The appeal is from a judgment for $1,500 recovered by the appellee, Mrs. Eva Webber, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on December 18, 1931, when she stepped into a hole in the sidewalk in a railway underpass. The suit was filed against the city of Louisville and the Illinois Central Railroad Company, but the company went out on demurrer and the case was prosecuted only against the city.
The petition charges general negligence and that 'the plaintiff was caused to fall and be injured by having stepped into a certain…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dundas v. City of LansingMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- City of Newport v. SchmitCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
- Hanson v. City of AnamosaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- City of Covington v. VisseCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Varney v. City of CovingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. TerryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937