Board of Commissioners v. Brod

Black, J. —

The appellee brought his action in the Clark Circuit Court against the appellant. In that court a demurrer to the complaint was overruled, and an answer and a reply having been filed, the venue was changed to the court below, where the cause was tried.

The complaint alleged that on or before the 4th day of August, 1887, the appellant, in its corporate capacity, had supervision over and the control of a certain culvert-bridge within its corporate limits, in Carr township, said culvert-bridge being situated upon a public highway within the defendant’s corporate limits; that on the day…