Brooks v. Van Buren County

The plaintiff was engaged in moving a traction engine and threshing machine over a county bridge on a public highway, when the bridge collapsed, precipitating plaintiff and his engine into the ravine below. In this fall, he received injuries of considerable severity, for which he demands recovery of damages, on the theory that the bridge was insufficient in its original construction, and that defendant had been negligent in permitting the timbers used therein to become old and decayed to an extent rendering it unsafe for public use. It is further alleged that the injury occurred on August 10,…