Floyd County v. Baker

The plaintiff recovered a verdict against Floyd county for injuries received by his horse, on account of a defective bridge along .one of the public roads of the county. The petition does not allege, nor does the evidence disclose, when the bridge was built. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled.

Since a county is not liable to suit for any cause of action, unless made so by statute (Political Code (1910), § 384), prior to the act of December 99, .1888 (Political Code (1910), § 148), there was no law of this State which created a cause of action against a county in a case like…