State ex rel. James v. County Commissioners

The declaration in this case alleges in substance and effect that one of the public roads in Kent County, to-wit, the public road which leads from Lankford to Rock Hall was, by the wrongful act, neglect and default of the County Commissioners, suffered to be out of repair and unmended so as to be impassable with safety ; and that Lee James, the husband of Hannah James and the father of Lee and Isaac James, the equitable plaintiffs, in travelling on and over the said road and using due care,, fell into the mill-pond which adjoins said public road and was drowned in consequence of the wrongful…