Vance v. Hale

While driving* in an automobile on a public road through. Noneonnah bottom in Shelby County, between four-thirty A. M. and five A. M. September 11, 1924, the ear ran into an open slough from which a bridge had been removed, and plaintiff in error sustained severe injuries. There was no barrier at the slough, or anything to warn travelers of the chasm at the time of the accident. The plaintiff in error brought a suit against Shelby County, E. W. Hale, W. J. Bacon, and Luther Jones, Commissioners of Shelby County, A. M: Nelson, Shelby County Engineer, and Thomas Dean, a contractor, who had been…