Reaney v. Union County

Plaintiff claims damages from the county under SDC 28.0913 for severe injuries received while riding as a passenger in an automobile over the county highway system. While traveling at a speed of about twenty miles an hour the car was precipitated through the guard rail of a wooden approach to a steel bridge which spans the Big Sioux in the vicinity of Elk Point. Darkness and sifting snow limited the visibility at the time of the accident. An insubstantial guard rail and a sharp left hand curve leading immediately to a narrow wooden approach to the bridge rendered the highway dangerous and…