McKeller v. Township of Monitor

A public highway in the township of Monitor crosses Culver creek ttpon the section line between sections 20 and 21. About nine years before the accident below mentioned, a bridge had been erected over the creek, and has been maintained there since. On September 22, 1887, the plaintiff was hauling a steam-boiler filled with hot water, and .steam-engine attached, with a span of horses over this bridge. On nearing the south end, he drove so far to the east side that the whole weight of the load’rested upon the east stringer, which broke, and the load and horses were precipitated into the creek.…