Brady v. Road Directors for Allegany County

Some time prior to November 26th, 1924, a bridge over the Potomac River, connecting Main Street in Westernport, Maryland, with Ashfield Street in Piedmont, West Virginia, was destroyed by flood. It had been constructed and maintained jointly for many years by the Road Directors of Allegany County and the County 'Court of Mineral County, West Virginia,, and when it was washed away they constructed, nearby, a temporary bridge to- take its place pending the completion of a new’ permanent- bridge. The temporary bridge was placed in a different location from the old one in order to have the…