Phillips v. Tuscaloosa County

This is a suit by Horace M. Phillips, as administrator of the estate of Harvey W. Phillips, deceased, against Tuscaloosa county, to recover damages .for the death of the decedent, occasioned by an alleged defect in a public drawbridge across the Warrior river on a public highway. There was a span in the bridge which turned so boats could pass. The span of the drawbridge was turned; the deceased traveling the road at night attempted to cross over the bridge and fell through the open span and was drowned. <

There were three counts, numbered 5, 7, and 8, in the complaint as last presented to the…