Legal Opinion

Keggin v. County of Hillsborough

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 28, 1916PublishedCited by 64 opinions

Writ of Error to Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; F. M. Robles, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

The plaintiff in error brought suit against the County of Hillsborough to recover damages for injury to a motor truck which being driven by the plaintiff over a county bridge in Hillsborough county was injured by falling through the bridge which spanned a broad and deep creek. The declaration alleged that the plaintiff was not negligent in driving the machine, which was an automobile truck with a rated carrying capacity of five tons and was at the time of the injury loaded with *358a burden of three tons approximately; that the bridge by reason of age, decay and unsafe condition gave way With the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hill v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  2. Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. County of San Mateo v. CoburnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
  4. State ex rel. Bell v. CummingsTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
  5. City of Key West v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Florida · 1915

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Arnold v. ShumpertSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  2. Spangler v. Florida State Turnpike AuthoritySupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  3. Kaufman v. City of TallahasseeSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
  4. Jackson Lumber Co. v. Walton CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1928
  5. Buck v. McLeanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959

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