Pearl v. Township of Benton

The plaintiff was injured through the fall of a bent under the end of a bridge. This bridge was built by the township over a drain many years ago, and in the fall of 1892 it was rebuilt. The north posts rested upon the old mudsill, which was sound, and was not disturbed. The men who rebuilt it stated that the bed of the mudsill was below the bottom of the drain. The negligence complained of is that, in rebuilding the bridge, the contractor left the mudsill some inches above the bottom of the drain, and that it was afterwards undermined by ■water; and plaintiff claims that the bridge was never…