CITY OF LOUISVILLE v. KLUSMEYER


324 S.W.2d 831 (1959)

CITY OF LOUISVILLE, Appellant, v. Stella KLUSMEYER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 29, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris W. Reigler, Louisville, for appellant.

James M. Graves, Raymond O. Harmon, John C. Fogle, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, J. L. Richardson, Jr., J. L. Richardson, III, Louisville, for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The question presented is the constitutionality of an Act of 1956, Chapter 20, published as KRS 381.445, which imposes primary liability upon the owner of property abutting a sidewalk in a city of the first class (Louisville) for injuries to persons or property arising out of a failure of the property owner to repair a defect in the sidewalk. The circuit court held the act unconstitutional upon two grounds, namely, (1) specifically, that it...

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