Board of Commissioners v. Deprez

We copy from the complaint of the appellee that part which describes the negligent acts alleged to give the appellee a cause of action; it is as follows:

“ The plaintiff complains of said defendant, and says that in the year 1867 the defendants built and constructed, and caused to be built and constructed across a stream of water known as Blue river, in said county, and near the northern terminus of Harrison street, in the city of Shelbyville, and on or near what is commonly known and called the Michigan State road, a certain bridge across said stream; that said *510defendants, by themselves,…