Gottesman v. City of Cleveland

By virtue of Section 3714, General Code, a municipality is required to keep its public grounds open, in repair and free from nuisance. Since parks owned and controlled by a municipality and maintained for the use and enjoyment of the general public are public grounds, -the duty imposed by statute rested upon defendant herein. City of Cleveland v. Ferrando, 114 Ohio St., 207, 150 N. E., 747. There is, however, no evidence of defendant’s failure to- keep the park itself in repair and so, regardless of the construction placed upon the statute, there was no issue to submit to the jury as to…