Creighton v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant for injuries received by him, and which he claims resulted from the wrongful neglect of the defendants to keep in repair a certain bridge within the county of Hudson, spanning the Hackensack river. According-to the testimony of the plaintiff, the accident occurred under the following circumstances: He was riding upon a wagon loaded with empty barrels; the barrels were arranged upon the wagon in three tiers, and the plaintiff was standing in one which was upon…