Marshall County v. Critcher

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

Critcher, plaintiff, owned a mule, and while driving said mule along a highway in Marshall County, on April 13, 1940, it fell through a bridge on said highway, then known as the Albertville-Geraldine 'Public road, breaking its right foreleg and rendering said mule worthless to owner

He filed his claim for damages for the injury with the Commissioners Court of said county, the then governing body, and both he and his attorney consulted with the Probate Judge who was then the presiding head of said Commissioners Court.

Thereafter, said Commissioners Court, acting through…