Heigel v. Wichita County

GAINES, Associate Justice.

— This suit was brought by appellant to recover of Wichita County damages for personal injuries caused by a defective bridge. A demurrer was sustained to the petition, and the plaintiff having declined to amend, the suit was dismissed.

The question presented seems hot to have been authoritatively decided in this court, though in The City of Galveston v. Posnainsky, 62 Texas, 118, it is held, that a city is liable under similar circumstances. But the opinion in that case recognizes the doctrine that a different rule applies as to counties. That cities may be made to…