Dyer County v. Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DYER. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dyer County. H. J. Livingston, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
In the construction of its road through Dyer County some years ago, the Paducah and Memphis Eailroad Company made' a deep cut in a hill over which the public road from Dyers-burg to Trenton ran, and at the point of intersection erected an overhead bridge across the cut for the use of persons traveling upon the public road. After ten or twelve years of use by the pub-*714lie the bridge fell into decay, became dangerous, and was taken down. In the meantime the defendants in this cause became the successors of that company, and took charge of its road. They failing and refusing to ' replace the…
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