Arline v. Laurens County
Supreme Court of Georgia
County Matters. Roads and Bridges. Ferries. Before Judge Simmons. Laurens Superior Court. January Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The plaintiff brought suit against the county of Laurens for the homicide of her husband, who was drowned in crossing the Oconee river, at a ferry belonging to the defendant, near Dublin. She alleges in her declaration that *250her husband was drowned in consequence of the faulty and negligent construction of the defendant’s ferry-boat, and the careless and negligent conduct of its ferryman. The declaration, however, failed to state that toll was charged at the ferry, or that it was established by contract, and that no bond, with good security for the faithful performance of the…
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