Colfax County v. Butler County

This is an appeal from Butler county, wherein the county of Colfax, appellant, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought an action against the county of Butler, appellee, hereinafter called defendant, to recover $11,050.96, being one-half- the cost of building a wagon bridge by plaintiff over the Platte river. At the conclusion of the trial the court directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, upon which judgment was rendered, and plaintiff appeals.

The petition, in substance, alleges the continuous and uninterrupted existence ever since 1884 of a public road running north and…