Grier v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one against the county for damages occasioned by the wrecking of plaintiff’s autotruck when it went off *96the unguarded end of a culvert. A demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was sustained, and he appeals.

The petition, which was otherwise sufficient, contained the following account of the accident:

“Plaintiff further says that at the time and place aforesaid, as he approached the place in the highway where said culvert was located and maintained, the steering arm of the said automobile truck suddenly broke, rendering the truck…