Board of Commissioners v. Bacon
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Superior Court of Allen County.
1Opinion of the Court
Bicknell, C. C.
The appellee brought this action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the appellant’s neglect to repair one of its bridges.
The first error assigned is overruling a demurrer' to the complaint for want of facts sufficient. The objection is failure to allege that defendant had notice of the defective condition of the bridge.
Where a municipal corporation is charged with negligence, in permitting its highway or bridge to be dangerous, and the danger is created by the wrongful act of another, the complaint must allege that the corporation had notice of such dangerous…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- House v. Board of Comm'rs of Montgomery Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1878
- City of Indianapolis v. ScottIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
- Higert v. City of GreencastleIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
- Town of Elkhart v. RitterIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
- City of Fort Wayne v. DeWittIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Indiana Car Co. v. ParkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- City of Fort Wayne v. CoombsIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Board of Commissioners v. PearsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Board of Commissioners v. LeggIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Board of Commissioners v. MutchlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
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