Legal Opinion
Frank v. Ralston
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided October 22, 1956No. Civ. 3078PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, District Judge.
This action is submitted on defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint. The pleadings disclose that defendants’ automobile was parked in an unguarded public parking lot and left unattended and unlocked with the key in the ignition. The car was stolen by a person unknown and within one hour from the time it was parked and approximately two miles from the parking lot the party operating the stolen car negligently ran into and injured the plaintiffs.
A statute of the State of Kentucky, KRS 189.430, and an ordinance of the City of Louisville, 18-7h(l), both make it…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Saugerties Bank v. . Delaware Hudson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Galbraith v. LevinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Slater v. T. C. Baker Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Sullivan v. GriffinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by7 opinions
- George v. BreisingSupreme Court of Kansas · 1970
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- Tyndall v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1969
- Bruck v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2004
- Frank v. RalstonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
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