Shaw v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action against the board of county commissioners of Lyon county to recover damages occasioned by a defective bridge and approach thereto, particularly with reference to the guard rail, and involves the question of the statute of limitations and the sufficiency of the evidence of the required five days’ notice of such defect to the chairman of the board. The answer was a general denial and a plea of contributory negligence, and the reply was a general denial.

An objection was made by the defendant at the beginning of the trial to…