Havird v. Richmond County

The first instance, so far as we are aware, where this court defined the meaning of the term “bridge” was in Daniels v. Intendant &c. of Athens, 55 Ga. 609. It was there held that a contiguous embankment necessary to make access to a bridge, so as to pass teams and wagons over it, is a part of the bridge, and title to the bridge covers such an embankment. But if the embankment is not a necessary part of the bridge, but a part of the streets of the municipality, the town, and not the county, would be bound to keep it in repair. As to liability for injuries caused by bridges, this court held,…