Board of Commissioners v. Blair

The appellee, Alonzo Blair, as administrator of the estate of Laura Beynon, deceased, instituted this action against the appellant, in the Shelby Circuit Court, to recover damages for the death of said Laura Beynon, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant in improperly constructing and in failing to keep in repair a bridge across a mill race in Shelby county. The venue of the cause was changed to the Der catur Circuit Court.

The complaint is in two' paragraphs, to each of which a demurrer was filed by appellant and overruled by the court. The correctness of these rulings…