Burlingame v. Cowee

This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in the town of Scituate, in consequence of the defective condition of a bridge in that town. Some of the rails which guarded the side of the bridge were gone, and the plaintiff, while crossing the bridge in the dark, stepped aside, at a place where they were gone to avoid a carriage which he heard approaching, and, being unable to see where he was, stepped off the bridge and fell down the side, injuring his spine. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $4,000. The defendant petitions for a new trial, one ground…