Parrish v. Coffee County

STAKELY, Justice.

This case involves the liability vel non of a county for alleged defects in a bridge under § 57, Tit. 23, Code of 1940.

On June 18, 1943, appellant’s intestate, Mrs. Mary Lula Parrish, was a guest on a fishing trip, which included a number of persons. Early in the morning the party in a wagon drawn by two mules crossed a bridge in Coffee County over Pea River, known as the Concrete Bridge. Later in the day on their return, they attempted to recross the bridge. One of the mules stepped on a plank in the floor of the bridge, claimed to be defective, with the result that his foot…