Broun v. City of Charleston

Hatcher, Judge:

This is a proceeding in mandamus to require the city of Charleston to repair a bridge within its corporate limits known as the South Side Bridge.

The parties stipulated as follows: The bridge was built about 1893 by a private corporation and operated as a toll bridge until in 1914. It was then taken over by the county court of Kanawha County under an executory contract, which was consummated in 1916 by a deed of the bridge to the county. At that time, the bridge was wholly within the city limits. No tolls have been charged by the county since the purchase. The county has made…