Schlensig v. Monona County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth District Gourt.— HoN. F. E. Gay-ítor, Judge. Suit to recover damages for injuries occasioned by the collapse of a defective bridge. There was a trial to a jury, and a verdict and judgment, for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
• SherwiN, O. J.- — ■
The bridge in question was built by the defendant in 1896. In 1900 it was injured and weakened by fire, but was soon thereafter repaired by the defendant, a'nd left open for public use. The petition alleges negligence in the original construction of the bridge, and negligence in failing to properly repair the same. After the fire the board of supervisors was duly notified of the unsafe condition of the bridge, and in response thereto the member whose duty it was to look after the bridges in that part of the county visited it with the foreman of the county bridge crew, and…
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