City of Louisville v. Bailey's Guardian

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Jane E. Bailey, an infant, suing by her statutory guardian, obtained a judgment for $3,600 against the city of Louisville for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her as the proximate result of the negligence of the city in failing properly to maintain one of its streets. The plaintiff claimed that while crossing Garland avenue in the city of Louisville, she stumbled and fell, her head striking the rear fender of a passing automobile, and that her fall was caused by a defect in the street. She suffered a fractured skull, and there is no…