Hall v. County of New Madrid

PREWITT, Judge.

Plaintiff sought damages for personal injuries received when he fell partially through a bridge. A jury awarded him $15,000. Judgment was entered accordingly and defendant appeals.

Defendant’s first point contends that the trial court should have directed a verdict in its favor because there was no evidence from which the jury could find that defendant was the owner of the bridge.

The evidence indicated that the bridge was built over a drainage ditch in the latter 1930’s or the 1940’s. It did not reflect who constructed it. Plaintiff offered uncontested evidence that county…