Board of Commissioners v. Bailey

Mitchell, C. J

This was an action by Bailey against the board of commissioners of Carroll county to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in *47falling from a bridge, which it is charged had negligently-been suffered to become and remain out of repair, and in a dangerous condition. The controlling question is, whether or not the structure, or place from which the plaintiff fell, was a bridge within the meaning of the statute, which requires the board of commissioners of each county to cause all the bridges therein to be kept in repair. The facts relating to the…