Board of Commissioners v. Huffman

The appellee brought this action against the appellant to recover damages on account of the death of one John Sharp, who, it was alleged, lost his life by reason of the negligence of the county in not placing barriers along the approach to a county bridge.

The complaint was in two paragraphs, to each of which •demurrers were overruled.

So much of the first paragraph as states the cause of the injury is as follows:

“That the death of John Sharp was caused by the carelessness and negligence of the defendant in not keeping in proper repair, and not putting up proper barricades at the approach or…