Humphreys v. County of Armstrong
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: No. 96, to October and November Term 1867. This was an action on the case, brought January 30th 1862, by John A. Humphreys against the county of Armstrong, to recover damages for injuries received by him in consequence of the falling of a bridge whilst he was crossing it.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: No. 96, to October and November Term 1867. This was an action on the case, brought January 30th 1862, by John A. Humphreys against the county of Armstrong, to recover damages for injuries received by him in consequence of the falling of a bridge whilst he was crossing it. The bridge was a county bridge, erected at Rockport Mill, over Red Bank creek, a stream which is there the dividing line between Armstrong and Clarion counties. The bridge had been, built at private expense in 1860, but by Act of Assembly of April 11th 1869, it was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, October 26th 1868, by
Read, J.
By the Act of 13th June 1836, relating to roads, highways and bridges, county bridges over, any river, creek or rivulet on the line of adjoining counties shall be built and be maintained and kept in repair by the commissioners of such counties at the joint and equal charge of both counties ; and if either county shall necessarily incur more than its due proportion of such charge, it shall be lawful for such county to recover from the other county the excess so incurred, in an action to be founded on this act. By a…
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