Reading Township v. Telfer

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Telfer and her husband lived in Reading Township, Lyon County. July 19, 1892, they started in a spring wagon to visit *799Mrs. Telfer’s mother, some miles distant. Mr. Telfer acted as' driver. The highway at a certain point crossed a ravine with steep and rocky banks, which rendered it a difficult and dangerous place. In endeavoring to cross, the wagon was “tipped over,” on account of the roughness and difficulty of the descent of one of the banks, and Mrs. Telfer was severely injured thereby. The defect in the highway which caused the accident was known throughout the…