CITY OF BAY MINETTE v. QUINELY

1 Div. 634.

82 So.2d 192 (1955)

CITY OF BAY MINETTE v. David M. QUINLEY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Blackburn, Bay Minette, for appellant.

Telfair J. Mashburn, Jr., Bay Minette, for appellee.


STAKELY, Justice.

This is a suit by David M. Quinley to recover damages against the City of Bay Minette, a municipal corporation, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in falling on the stairs leading to the offices of the Police Department of the city. The question for decision is whether the city in maintaining its police station was acting in the performance of its governmental functions or in its corporate capacity.

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