Parker v. Spalding County

1. The plaintiff in his suit for damages made substantially the following allegations: He was injured because of defects in a public bridge constructed by the defendant since December 29, 1888, and forming a part of the public road of the county. The bridge was over a branch, and water constantly ran under and through it. “In constructing said bridge the county authorities built the same out of terra cotta .about 24 inches in diameter, and in the upper end of the same they *70made a solid stone abutment about three feet high and about eight feet long, so as to draw all the water to and force it…