Marshall County v. Cleveland

The appellant complains of several rulings on the pleadings and the admission of evidence, but the view we take of the ease renders a consideration of these several rulings unnecessary.

The ease was submitted to the jury under the evidence offered by the plaintiff, the defendant introducing no evidence.

It is settled by the decisions of this court that to bring a case within the influence of section 6457 of the Code, imposing liability on a county for damages caused by a defect in a bridge or causeway, the bridge or causeway must have been constructed by an independent contractor under a…