County of Monroe v. Flynt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Counties. Damages. Bridges. Before Judge Boynton. Monroe superior court. February term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The question made by the record is, whether, seven years having elapsed after the erection of a bridge, which had been let out to the lowest bidder by the county authorities, no bond having been taken by the latter as required by the statute, the county is liable for damages caused by the defective condition of the bridge.
*4901. The liability of the county to be sued for damages is a statutory liability. There is no liability on the county for any cause whatever, except such ás created by statute. Counties are not liable at common law; and it is for the reason that the several…
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