Moloney v. City of Columbus

Ohio Supreme Court
Moloney v. City of Columbus, 31 Ohio Law Rep. 85 (Ohio 1965)
Brown, Herbert, Matthias, Neill, Schneider, Taft, Zimmerman

Moloney v. City of Columbus

Opinion of the Court

Herbert, Judge.

A municipality which voluntarily owns and operates a zoological park primarily for fhe benefit and accommodation of those of its citizens who might be interested does so in the exercise of a proprietary function and is answerable for its tortious conduct. (Paragraph one of the syllabus of Crisafi v. City of Cleveland, 169 OhioSt. 137, 8 O.O. (2d) 125, distinguished. )

Judgments affirmed.

Taft, C. J., Zimmerman, Matthias, O’Neill, Schneider and Brown, JJ., concur.

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