Smith v. Township of Sherwood

The plaintiff sues for an injury occasioned, as she claims, by a defective bridge under the care and control of the defendant.

The plaintiff and Mrs. Jennie Frazier were in a buggy, drawn by one horse, going to Union City. When they approached the bridge the plaintiff was driving, and, after going part way across the bridge, the horse became frightened at a hole in the planks, or between the planks, of the bridge, backed up some" feet from it, against a slab or rail of the bridge, which gave way, and horse, buggy, and the occupants of the carriage were precipitated down the embankment into the…