Legal Opinion
City of Madisonville v. Poole
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 28, 1952PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The appelleej Mrs. Bonnie M. Poole, was injured by slipping on ice and falling as she was about to enter a door of a clubhouse owned and operated by the appellant, City of Madisonville. She recovered judgment for $7,500 damages.
For a consideration paid the city, ergan^ izations and individuals use the facilities of the clubhouse for dances, parties, etc. It had been engaged on that evening, March 11, 1948, by the hostesses of a social club to which Mrs. Poole belonged. The city does not challenge the proposition of proprietary liability for negligence of its employees…
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