Swift v. Sarpy County

The plaintiff and his wife, Mary Swift, and four other persons, were driving in an automobile along a highway in Sarpy county, Nebraska. This highway terminated very abruptly at the bank of the Missouri river. The surface of the road, as plaintiff alleges, continued unbroken except for marks of travel, to the point where it. suddenly ended in the river. The plaintiff further alleges that the condition was well known to the county authorities, and that there was no warning of any kind to indicate the dangerous situation. The automobile plunged into the river, and all the occupants were drowned…