Langworthy v. Township of Green

Plaintiff was thrown from his wagon while driving along a highway in the defendant township, between 9 and 10 o’clock at night, July 23, 1888. The highway had been in use upwards of 15 years, had been turnpiked so as to form a road-bed from 14 to 16 feet wide, and was used generally. A log from five to seven inches in thickness lay near the center of the road-bed, running parallel with the line of the road. The southerly •end of the log was imbedded in the earth, but from two to five feet of the north end was exposed to view. It had been allowed to remain in that position for from one .and…