Board of Commissioners v. Daily

— The appellee brought this action against the appellant to recover damages for a personal 'injury occasioned by the alleged negligence and carelessness of appellants, in the care and control of the court house of Yigo county.

Several errors have been assigned, and are discussed by counsel, but we regard the question of law presented by the ruling upon the demurrer to the complaint as decisive of the action.

It is now well settled that counties are involuntary corporations, organized as political subdivisions of the State for governmental purposes, and not liable, any more than the State would…