Morris v. Board of Commissioners

The appellant was confined in the jail of Switzerland county from the 10th day of December, 1887, to the 10th day of December, 1888, by an order of the Switzerland Circuit Court, in pursuance of a judgment of said court on a charge of bastardy, and he brings this action for damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the condition of the jail, alleged to have become and to have remained out of repair on account of the failure and neglect of the board of commissioners of said county to put and keep it in repair, as is made their duty by statute; that said .jail was badly…