Davis v. Ada County
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. Various provisions of the statute and constitutional provisions would seem to erect counties into municipal corporations, and provide them with a corporate fund and the power of raising it, and invest counties with the care of highways and bridges, and provide a complete system and give them complete control over bridges and highways and a fund with which to pay damages against such counties. (Const., art. 1,. see. 14; Idaho Eev.
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APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. Various provisions of the statute and constitutional provisions would seem to erect counties into municipal corporations, and provide them with a corporate fund and the power of raising it, and invest counties with the care of highways and bridges, and provide a complete system and give them complete control over bridges and highways and a fund with which to pay damages against such counties. (Const., art. 1,. see. 14; Idaho Eev. Stats., secs. 870, 1730, 1731, 1733, 1735,. 1759, subd. 4.) Thompson on Neglibence, volume 1, page 618, lays down as the…
1Opinion of the CourtStjlliyan, J.
This is an action to recover damages for the negligent, improper, and unskillful construction and maintenance of a certain bridge and approach to the bridge across .Boise river at Boise City, in Ada county, by means of which it is alleged the waters of said river were diverted and changed into a new and narrow channel, insufficient in width to permit • the water o2 said river to flow freely and without obstruction, -and thereby forced said water over against the north bank of said river, and caused said bank: to cut away and flow over the lands of the plaintiff, by reason of which thirty…
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