Blank v. Township of Livonia
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Gartner, J.) Negligence case. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
August Blank was injured by the falling of a bridge in the month of May, 1888. He was driving along the bridge with a double team, a wagon, and a light load of dry wood, when the west stringer broke in two places, where the iron rods pass through it to the straining beam above.
The bridge was about 40. feet long and 10 feet high. It was composed of one span of two parallel stringers, which extended the whole length, and were 8 by 10 *3inches in size. The'ends rested upon caps. These stringers were supported by a truss consisting of a straining beam 14 feet long, supported by braces let into the…
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