Hardin v. City of Corinth
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. J. H. Mitchell, Judge.. Suit by Mrs. Vina Hardin and others against the City of Corinth. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. It is not disputed in this case that W. A. Hardin, deceased, was injured on one of the public streets of the city of Corinth, and that the injury caused his • death.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. J. H. Mitchell, Judge.. Suit by Mrs. Vina Hardin and others against the City of Corinth. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. It is not disputed in this case that W. A. Hardin, deceased, was injured on one of the public streets of the city of Corinth, and that the injury caused his • death. The bridge which broke through and caused his injury and death was one which leads from the street across a ditch to the sidewalk in front of the house of James Carter. The bridge was placed across the ditch by the city authorities and by…
1Opinion of the Court
. Cook, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
It seems in this case that the city of Corinth had laid a bridge three or four feet wide over a drain, gutter, or ditch alongside one of the public streets of the city. This drain formed no part of the sidewalk, but properly speaking it was a part of the street. The bridge was unsound and unsafe, and this was known to the officers of the city. Mr. Hardin, in going from his wagon to the residence of a citizen, for the purpose of delivering some' produce, stepped upon a decayed plank in the bridge, which broke and injured him — the injury ultimately…
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