City of Jacksonville v. Drew
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. The declaration of the Defendant in Error in this case alleges that the defendant, the City of Jacksonville, before and on the 31st day of March, A. D. 1881, was possessed of and had control of a public bridge over Hogans’ Creek, on a certain public street called Washington Street, in the said city, in the county aforesaid, and ought to have kept the same in good and safe repair and condition ; yet the defendant, not.…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. The declaration of the Defendant in Error in this case alleges that the defendant, the City of Jacksonville, before and on the 31st day of March, A. D. 1881, was possessed of and had control of a public bridge over Hogans’ Creek, on a certain public street called Washington Street, in the said city, in the county aforesaid, and ought to have kept the same in good and safe repair and condition ; yet the defendant, not. regarding its duty in that behalf while it was so possessed and had control of the said bridge, to-wit: on the day…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice VanValkenburgh
In May, 1881, Columbus Drew, Jr., brought his action against the City of Jacksonville for damages incurred by him by reason of a defective bridge over Hogans’ Creek in the said city, which defendant was bound to keep iu. repair, claiming damages in the sum of five hundred dollars. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and the plaintiff duly replied. Subsequently and in November, A. D. 1881, the defendant, by leave of the court, filed another plea alleging that the said Hogans’ Creek Bridge was being repaired under an independent contract with the Trustees of the Sanitary Improvement Bonds of the said…
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