McGee v. Jones County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Jones District Court. — Hon. F. O. Ellison, Judge. Action for damages resulted in a judgment against defendant, from which it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
About forty years ago, Jones county constructed an iron bridge near Monticello, over Maquoketa river. It was eleven or twelve feet above water and about six feet higher than the surface of the banks. It rested on stone abutments on either end, and at the south retaining walls extended from the abutment sixteen- feet on one side and twenty feet on the other holding the earth of the approach. The rise from the level of the road to the bridge was gradual, and a cement apron at the edge carried vehicles on the bridge without a jar. The iron girder on each side of the bridge *298begins at tbe abutment…
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