Riggs v. Webb

HONORABLE THEODORE LENTZ, District Judge,

sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE HOLLOWAY, disqualified, delivered the opinion of the court.

On August 12, 1921, an automobile in which plaintiff was riding as a guest was driven into an open cut, caused by the washing out of a bridge, on one of the public roads of Sweet Grass county. Plaintiff was injured and has instituted this action against the three county commissioners, seeking to recover damages for their alleged negligence in failing to repair the defect in the road or post proper warning notices.

At the conclusion of her evidence in chief,…