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DOUGLAS v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE

249 S.W.2d 27 (1952)

DOUGLAS v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 16, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Shaw, William S. Hamilton, Louisville, for appellant.

Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Robert P. Hobson, Gilbert Burnett, S. Merrill Russell, and Henry Merritt, all of Louisville, for appellees.

SIMS, Justice.

On April 14, 1949, about 12:30 a. m., appellant, James W. Douglas, while riding his motorcycle on that part of Zorn Avenue which is outside of the corporate limits of the City of Louisville, struck a "chuckhole" in the pavement, was thrown from the machine and badly injured. He sued the city and the water company for $32,500 damages, alleging in his petition the city negligently failed to keep the avenue in a safe condition and the water company had...

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