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HANNERS v. CITY OF ASHLAND

331 S.W.2d 729 (1959)

Wilson HANNERS, Administrator of the Estate of Larry Eugene Hanners, Appellant, v. CITY OF ASHLAND, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. H. Vincent, Ashland, John L. Smith, Catlettsburg, for appellant.

A. W. Mann, Arthur T. Bryson, Jr., Ashland, for appellee.

CLAY, Commissioner.

The plaintiff's son drowned while swimming in a reservoir maintained by defendant City of Ashland. In this suit for damages the trial court directed a verdict for defendant.

The basis of plaintiff's claim is that the reservoir constituted an attractive nuisance, and the defendant negligently failed to guard or fence it.

This reservoir was a properly constructed concrete basin which was...

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