Louisville N. R. Co. v. Stanley

The defendant, as successor in interest to the South North Railroad was under contract to maintain certain bridges across its tracks connecting certain of the public streets in the city of Cullman. This contract carried with it the obligation to maintain said bridges for the use of the public in the same manner and in the same condition as if the obligation to the public had remained with the city of Cullman. To all intents and purposes, the plaintiff's claim is set out in count 1 of the complaint as follows:

"The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)…