Mason v. County of Spartanburg
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Spartanburg, July, 1893. Action by S. E. Mason against the County of Spartanburg, commenced September 17,1892, to recover damages for injuries sustained in February, 1892. According to plaintiff’s testimony, while attempting to cross a bridge over a creek in a buggy with his wife, the horse, as he put his forefeet on the bridge, became frightened by a large hole under the bridge, and backing, threw the buggy with its occupants over the edge of the…
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Before Wallace, J., Spartanburg, July, 1893. Action by S. E. Mason against the County of Spartanburg, commenced September 17,1892, to recover damages for injuries sustained in February, 1892. According to plaintiff’s testimony, while attempting to cross a bridge over a creek in a buggy with his wife, the horse, as he put his forefeet on the bridge, became frightened by a large hole under the bridge, and backing, threw the buggy with its occupants over the edge of the causeway, the approach to the bridge, and the timbers that formed the edge of the causeway, being rotten, gave way, and these…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was au action against the County of Spartanburg for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through defects in the repair of a highway of the said county. The complaint, among other things, alleged that in the month of February, 1892, the plaintiff was in his buggy, driving over and along a certain highway of the County of Spartanburg, where it approaches Ferguson’s Creek at or near its mouth, intending to cross said creek over a causeway and bridge, when, owing to the defects and want of repair,…
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