Marek v. City of Alpena

This action was brought to recover damages which the plaintiff claims he sustained because of the negligence of the defendant in main taining a bridge in an unsafe and dangerous condition for travel on Chisholm street in the city of Alpena, Michigan.

The bridge spans Thunder Bay river at the outskirts of the city. It is of wooden construction and was built to replace a concrete bridge which had been washed out by flood some years before. The two ends of the concrete bridge were left, and the floor of the new bridge connected with these abutments. It was made of timber and planks covered with…