Wilkes County v. Tankersley

1. Since a county is not liable to suit unless made so by statute (Civil Code of 191'0, § 384), and since the liability of a county for injuries caused by reason of a defective bridge upon a highway arises only under the statute which provides that a county shall be liable “for all injuries caused by reason of any defective bridges” (Civil *625Code of 1910, § 748; Ga. L. 1888, p. 39), a county is liable to a person injured by reason of a defective bridge only when the county has failed to exercise ordinary care in performing this statutory duty to keep the bridge in repair, and not by reason of…