Walker v. Village of Ontario

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Yernon county: E. W. Helms, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was steersman on a tractipn engine weighing 9,500 pounds. In attempting to cross a bridge in the- defendant village, it broke down, and plaintiff was precipitated into the stream and received serious injuries. The bridge had been built some twelve or thirteen years. Its timbers were badly rotted, and the braces decayed considerably. Plaintiff was familiar with the bridge, passing over it daily, but had never noticed its defective condition. He had known…