Binkley v. Hughes

The plaintiff instituted this suit against the defendants, road commissioners of Lauderdale county, both officially and personally, to recover damages for the wrongful death of her intestate, which occurred when a track which he was driving’ on1 one of the highways in said county broke through a bridge precipitating him into tliQ stream underneath. The declaration avers that it was the duty of defendants to keep said bridge in repair ; that they knew of its unsafe and dangerous condition, and willfully, negligently, and carelessly failed to repair same, or to in any manner warn the public of…