Snethen v. Harrison County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. Thomas Arthur, Judge. . Action at law to recover damages for the death of one Dell Hardy, due to the defective condition of a county highway in the defendant county. The defendants are the county and the individual members of its board of supervisors. The defendants demurred to the petition and, their demurrers having been sustained, plaintiff elected to stand upon her petition, and judgment was rendered against her for costs.
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Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. Thomas Arthur, Judge. . Action at law to recover damages for the death of one Dell Hardy, due to the defective condition of a county highway in the defendant county. The defendants are the county and the individual members of its board of supervisors. The defendants demurred to the petition and, their demurrers having been sustained, plaintiff elected to stand upon her petition, and judgment was rendered against her for costs. She appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
I. Plaintiff claims that a defect existed in one of the highways of defendant county, over which its board of supervisors had assumed jurisdiction under the new road law, as a part of the county road system; that this defect consisted in the washing out of a fill in a ravine, which was crossed by the highway, which washout the defendant county was attempting to obviate by the establishment of a new highway. This new highway was acquired by consent, and as it crossed the ravine hitherto mentioned, it was necessary to construct a bridge over it. The county entered upon the new highway and…
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