Salter v. Decatur County

A county is not liable for' suit for any cause of action unless made so by statute. Civil Code, § 384. From the allegations of the plaintiff’s petition it appears that the injury alleged to have been suffered by him occurred upon the approach to a public bridge, and it must be considered as if it had occurred on the bridge itself (Howington v. Madison County, 126 Ga. 700-701, 55 S. E. 941) ; but since there is no distinct allegation, either in the original petition or in the amendments, that the public bridge crossing the Flint river on the Bainbridge and Brinson road was constructed…