St. Louis & St. Paul Packet Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.

Love, J.,

(charging jury.) The case before you is of very great importance. In addition to the large pecuniary interests directly involved, it presents questions of importance concerning the bridging and naviga*756tion of the Mississippi river. It therefore demands your most careful consideration. This is not a proceeding to declare the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge an unlawful structure, and to have it as such abated in the interests of the public. It is a private action for damages, in which the essential charge is negligence on the part of the defendant in the building of the bridge. “Negligence”…