Jackson v. Meriwether County

I. The act of 1888 (Code, § 95-1001), which provides that a “county shall be primarily liable for all injuries caused by reason of any defective bridges, whether erected by contractors or county authorities,” and which is the only authority in law for fixing liability against a county for injuries caused by reason of defective bridges, does not apply to bridges over railroad crossings which the railroad, under the act of 1838 (§ 94-503) is required to build over railroad crossings. *492See Hardin v. Southern Ry. Co., 300 Fed. 417. The act of 1888 has no application to a bridge over a railroad…