City of Georgetown v. Groff
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 80-ACTION BY CARRIE B. GROUF AGAINST. THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, IN WHICH THE CITY FILED A CROSS-PETITION AGAINST JAMES P. DONAVAN AND ANOTHER.- Appeal from Scott Circuit Court. R. L. STOUT, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff against the city and denying it any relief on its cross-petition, the city appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Lessing
— Beversing.
While driving in a buggy on Chambers avenue in the city of Georgetown, on the night of September 14, 1908, Mrs. Carrie D. Groff drove against or over a- pile of locust posts which had been put in said street and left there while certain repairs were being made by James P. Donovan, under contract with the city of Georgetown. When her buggy came'in contact with the posts it was overturned and she was injured. Thereafter she brought suit against the city, in which she claimed damages in the sum of $10,-000 because of the injuries thus received, and…
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