County Commissioners v. Wise
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
The appellee sued the County Commissioners of Harford County to recover damages for the destruction, by reason of the alleged negligence of the defendants,, of a mill-dam owned by her. The dam had been swept away by a flood upon a former occasion, and it was then alleged that the negligent and unskilful location and construction'of a county bridge across Deer Creek had so narrowed the water-way as to cause the bridge to be lifted from its abutments, and to be thrown upon the dam whereby the latter was demolished. . That case is reported in 71 Md., 43. Subsequently the dam was reconstructed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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