Lawrence v. City of Louisville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Case 99 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. All local or special acts regulating the limitation of actions, being- inconsistent with the present Constitution, are repealed by it. (Constitution of Kentucky, sec. 59; Idem, schedule, subdivision 1; Public School Trustees v. Taylor, 30 N. J. Eq., 618; Sanders v. Commonwealth, 13 Ky.
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Case 99 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. All local or special acts regulating the limitation of actions, being- inconsistent with the present Constitution, are repealed by it. (Constitution of Kentucky, sec. 59; Idem, schedule, subdivision 1; Public School Trustees v. Taylor, 30 N. J. Eq., 618; Sanders v. Commonwealth, 13 Ky. Law Rep., 821.) This action is governed by the provisions of the present Constitution, which was in force at'the time of the trial and judgment. (Const, of Ky., schedule, subdivision 2.) 2. The Constitutional Convention had the power…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered the opinion op the court.
On the 20th day of January, 1891, .this action was brought by the appellant, Mary L. Gr. Lawrence, against the city of Louisville for damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by the neglect of the city in the erection and use of its bridge at the East terminus of Breckinridge street, and that the bridge was defective and perilous, which could be and was discovered by the city; that on the 2d day of June, 1890, she was run over on the bridge by reason of the defects in the construction and condition of the bridge, and her leg was…
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