Madden v. Lancaster County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Nebraska. Tbis was an action by Michael H. Madden against tbe county of Lancaster, Neb., for personal injuries. Alter a verdict for tbe plaintiff in tbe circuit court, that court rendered judgment for tbe defendant on tbe pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
In 1889 the legislature of the state of Nebraska passed an act entitled “An act relating to highways and bridges and liabilities of counties for not keeping same in repair,” by which, for the first time in the history of that state, they expressly gave a right of action against a county for damage resulting from its neglect to maintain and keep in suitable repair the highways and bridges in its charge, on the express condition that the action so authorized should he commenced within 80 days of the time when the injury or damage occurred. Section 4 of that act, which…
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