Breathitt County v. Hammonds

*503Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn —

Affirming.

In 1898 the town of Jackson undertook to build a bridge across the fork of the Kentucky Biver which passes through the town. It was unable to float its bond for the purpose of obtaining the money with which to build the bridge, and it then induced the fiscal court of Breathitt County to build it. The fiscal court erected the bridge and collected tolls from those using it for several years. The bridge became defective and the fiscal court employed another bridge company to replace it with a new one at the price of $14,500 and this new bridge has…