CITY OF LOUISVILLE v. MUNRO


475 S.W.2d 479 (1971)

CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. William R. MUNRO and Sara J. Munro, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Thornberry, Director of Law, Bernard S. Goldstein, Robert E. Sims, Asst. Directors of Law, Louisville, for appellant.

Henry J. Burt, Jr., Louisville, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

William R. Munro and wife, who own a residence adjoining the Louisville Zoological Gardens, obtained a $7,500 judgment, on a jury verdict, against the City of Louisville, as damages for depreciation of the value of their property from the establishment of the city zoo next door to them. The city appeals, asserting various grounds of error, the first of which is that the trial court erred in not sustaining the city's motions for a directed verdict...

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