Wagner v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The plaintiffs sued the defendant in separate actions for damages for personal injuries sustained on account of a defect in a highway. The actions were tried together, but separate verdicts were returned, on which judgments were entered for the defendant. The plaintiffs appeal.

A culvert was placed in the highway by the county, through the agency of men employed for the purpose. The evidence for the plaintiffs was that the work was. negligently done, and a depression resulted which rendered the highway unsafe for travel. The chairman of the…