Ohio Supreme Court, 1965

Moloney v. City of Columbus

Moloney v. City of Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided June 9, 1965 · Brown, Herbert, Matthias, Neill, Schneider, Taft, Zimmerman
31 Ohio Law Rep. 85

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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