Wiltse v. State Road Bridge Co.

The defendant in this case is a corporation, owning and maintaining a toll-bridge spanning the Tittabawassee river, about three miles west of the city of Saginaw, where the Gratiot State road crosses the river.

The bridge is about 160 rods in length, and consists of an *640east and west approach, each being about 70 rods long, and: an iron bridge over the waters about 20 rods in length. The toll-house is near the channel bank on the east approach. It stands on piles on the side of, and on a level with, the bridge. The roadway of the bridge at the toll-house, for a-distance of about 50 feet, is…