Crawford v. Mayor of Griffin

Martha Crawford sued tbe Mayor and Council of the City of Griffin for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her, by reason of the breaking of a rotten plank in a bridge over which she was walking in such city. The court granted a nonsuit, to which ruling the plaintiff excepted. From *563the evidence submitted in her behalf, it appeared that the bridge in question was not situated at a public crossing nor at the intersection of streets, but was located opposite the garden gate of Mr. Mills, and extended from the street to the sidewalk over a gutter or ditch for drainage,…