Mackey v. Ordinaries of Murray & Whitfield Counties

Warner, Chief Justice.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the ordinaries of Murray and Whitfield counties, to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective bridge, which had been built by the aforesaid counties across the Conasauga river by letting out the same to the lowest bidder, without talcing a bond of the contractor to lceep said bridge in repair. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict for the defendants. The court charged, amongst other things, “ that if the jury find that the injury complained of…