Case Name: Moloney, appellee v. City of Columbus, appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1965-06-09
Citations: 31 Ohio L.R. 85
Docket Number: 39038 and 39039
Parties: Moloney, appellee v. City of Columbus, appellant.
Judges: Taft, C. J., Zimmerman, Matthias, O’Neill, Schneider and Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Reporter; a weekly journal published in the interest of the legal profession in the state of Ohio
Volume: 31
Pages: 85–85

Head Matter:
Announced Wednesday, June 9.
39038 and 39039.
Moloney, appellee v. City of Columbus, appellant.

Opinion:
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.