Board of Commissioners v. Legg
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Clintpn Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtZollars, J.
Zephaniah Davis was killed by the falling of a bridge over which he was driving with a loaded wagon. The administrator of his estate prosecutes this action for damages, claiming that the county was at fault in not keeping the bridge in repair and in a safe condition for the use of persons travelling upon and over the highway. The case went on changes of venue, first to the Hamilton, and then to the Clinton Circuit Court, from which this appeal was taken.
*481The case has been twice tried upon the third paragraph of the complaint. That paragraph, having been held to be sufficient upon the former…
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