Township of Newlin v. Davis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county: No. 105, to July Term 1874. This was an action on the case, brought February 11th 1875, by Aaron Davis against the township of Newlin, for injuries to his horse and carriage, which had been thrown into the Brandywine creek, in consequence of a defect in the bridge, which he alleged it was the duty of the township to maintain.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county: No. 105, to July Term 1874. This was an action on the case, brought February 11th 1875, by Aaron Davis against the township of Newlin, for injuries to his horse and carriage, which had been thrown into the Brandywine creek, in consequence of a defect in the bridge, which he alleged it was the duty of the township to maintain. On both sides of the Brandywine, where the bridge crosses it, are public roads; near the point of crossing there had been a road which crossed the creek by a ford. Some five years since, the Wilmington and Reading…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
The injury of which the plaintiff complained, in the court below, resulted, according to the finding of the jury, from the negligence of the supervisors of Newlin township, in not providing proper safeguards, for the bridge in question, over the Brandywine creek.
The road was made, and the bridge built, by the Wilmington and Reading Railroad Company, under the provisions of the Act of February 19th 1849, in order to supply the old improvements. We also understand, that subsequently to the building of the bridge, a road was laid out across it by the ordinary proceedings under the road law. In…
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