Strobel v. City of Cincinnati

This case comes into this court on error from the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, wherein a judgment was rendered upon a verdict in favor of the defendant below, the city of Cincinnati.

The facts are: Some years previous to the initiating of this litigation, a wagon bridge over a small creek in the city of Cincinnati had become unfit for general vehicular traffic, owing to the slipping of one end of the bridge from its supports. This change caused one end of the bridge to sag away from the bank, and the city fenced off this end of the bridge, leaving an opening, however, in the fence…