Arnold, Estes & Co. v. Henry County

Simmons, Justice.

Arnold, Estes & Co. sued the county of Henry for damages, alleging, in substance, that a horse and mule belonging to them had been drowned, and a certain wagon, also belonging to them, had been injured, while crossing a public bridge in said county, by reason of certain defects in the bridge, fully set out in the declaration. They also alleged that the building of the bridge had been let out to a contractor, who built the bridge under the contract, and that the county had neglected to take a bond from said contractor. They alleged that, by the death of the animals and the…