City of Clinton v. Hickman County

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

Clinton, the county seat of Hickman County, is a city of the fifth class and has a population of about 1,600. Running through the city there is a stream of water called the “Town Branch,” and in 1910 and 1912 the city built across this branch four bridges as parts of streets of the city that crossed the branch. The cost of these bridges to the city was $1,237.69.

After the bridges had been constructed, the city presented to the fiscal court of Hickman County a bill for $618.85, being one-half the cost of the bridges, and demanded payment of this…