Hanigan v. Minnehaha County

This is an action brought against Minnehaha county and Edison township, an organized township of said county, for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while driving upon a highway in said township on August 2, 1923. The defendants each demurred separately to the complaint upon the ground, among others, that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The trial court sustained each demurrer and therefrom the plaintiff appeals.

Appellant predicates his right to bring this action on sections 8589 and 8590, Rev. Code 1919, which read as follows:

“Sec. 8589.…