Homan v. Franklin County

I. On the twelfth day of June, 1890, one of the bridges of defendant county, while plaintiff was passing over it, gave way, and fell to the stream below, in consequence of which the plaintiff was seriously injured; and this action is to recover damages thereby sustained. The following is a part of plaintiff’s testimony: “I drove over that bridge a good many times during the year. I observed its condition as shaky. I noticed the bridge. It would shake —oscillate—when you passed over it. It did that morning. There was nothing stuck up to warn me from passing over it. Never saw anything of the…