CITY OF ELIZABETHTOWN v. BAKER


373 S.W.2d 593 (1963)

CITY OF ELIZABETHTOWN, Appellant, v. Margaret BAKER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Howard Holbert, Elizabethtown, for appellant.

J. T. Hatcher, Hatcher & Lewis, Elizabethtown, for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

Appellee, Margaret Baker, injured when she stepped on a water-meter cover owned by appellant, City of Elizabethtown, filed a negligence action against the city and recovered a judgment of $1420.54. The city moved for an appeal, which was granted.

Appellant argues that (1) appellee was contributorily negligent, and that (2) the city had no knowledge of the alleged defect in the meter cover and, furthermore, its condition had not existed for...

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