Board of Commissioners v. Pearson
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Huntington Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
The appellee’s complaint is in three paragraphs and charges the appellant with having negligently-failed to keep a public bridge safe for travel.
Our decisions settle the question of the liability of counties for a negligent breach of duty-respecting public bridges, but they do not hold by any means that a county is to be regarded as an insurer of the safety of those structures. If ordinary care is exercised in constructing and maintaining the bridges, there can be no liability. State, ex rel., v. Demaree, 80 Ind. 519, and eases cited; Patton v. Board, etc., 96 Ind. 131; Board, etc., v. Legg,…
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