Wilson v. Board of Supervisors

Petitioner owns and fives upon a farm in the town of Whitestown which is situate upon the highway leading from Westmoreland to Walesville and is a voter and a taxpayer in said town. This highway crosses the Oriskany creek by a bridge of ancient 'design and construction.

In December, 1932, said bridge was “ posted ” with the following legend, “ Warning, three tons safe load,” displayed on a sign erected at each end of the bridge. On May 25, 1934, a Stewart eight cylinder van type moving truck, owned by Bavin’s Motor Dispatch, 424 Johnson avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., crashed through this bridge…