Purser v. Dodge County

1. “A county is not liable to suit for any cause of action unless made so by statute.” Code, § 23-1502. Any statutory authority, if any, which may be conferred on a county, pursuant to the highway act or any other statute, to build and construct a public road, under contract with the highway department, does not fix liability against the county for any cause of action which might arise in favor of a person traveling along a highway which is being constructed by the county under such contract, for the negligence of the county in the execution of the contract. There being no liability provided…