White v. Commissioners of Chowan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action tried at Fall Term, 1883, of Chowan Superior Court, before A very, J. The plaintiff brings this action against the defendants to recover damages for injuries to himself, his horse and buggy, occasioned by the falling in of a decayed bridge, forming part of a highway across a swamp in the county of Chowan, which the defendants, as the plaintiff alleges, were bound by law to keep in good and reasonable repair, but which they permitted to become ruinous and…
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Civil Action tried at Fall Term, 1883, of Chowan Superior Court, before A very, J. The plaintiff brings this action against the defendants to recover damages for injuries to himself, his horse and buggy, occasioned by the falling in of a decayed bridge, forming part of a highway across a swamp in the county of Chowan, which the defendants, as the plaintiff alleges, were bound by law to keep in good and reasonable repair, but which they permitted to become ruinous and dangerous. The defendants insisted by their answer and on the trial in the court below, that they were not civilly liable for…
1Opinion of the CourtMeriuMON, J.
The question presented for our decision in this ease is, are county commissioners, in their corporate capacity, liable for damages sustained by a person passing on a highway in their county, occasioned by a failure of the proper county authorities to keep such highway, and the public bridges along .and ovel; the same, in good and safe repair?
The counties of this state, like those of most of the states in the Union, are subdivisions of its territory embracing the people-who inhabit the same, created by the sovereign authority,.and organized for political' and civil purposes. They are created…
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