Hipp v. . Ferrall

The action was to recover damages for physical injuries caused by the alleged negligence of defendants, as individual members of the highway commission of Lee County, in failing to repair a certain (168) bridge on the line of Lee and Chatham counties and known as the Lockville bridge, and by reason of which plaintiff, driving a wagon over same, was caused to fall with his team some 15 feet and thereby receive serious injuries. On denial of liability, issues were submitted to the jury as to negligent default and damages incident thereto, and, on the issue as to negligence, there was verdict…