Telfair County v. Webb

An action for damages was brought by Webb against the County of Telfair, in the city court of McRae. The petition alleged that the damages resulted from injuries received by the petitioner’s mare, by reason of defects in a certain county bridge; that petitioner was leading her across such bridge, when, without any fault on his part, she stepped into a hole in the floor of said bridge, and was damaged; that the flooring of the bridge was dilapidated, rotten, and full of holes, that this condition had existed for several months, and that the county authorities had actual notice of the unsafe…