Westgate v. Township of Adrian

Plaintiff is the owner of a steam traction engine, used by him to provide power to run a threshing machine or grain separator. When moving from farm to farm, plaintiff usually hitched the separator behind the engine, which furnished the power to propel itself and haul the, separator. The engine, when supplied with the water necessary for its operation, weighed approximately eight tons. On September 9, 1907, while moving said engine over a bridge located upon one of defendant’s highways, the bridge collapsed, permitting the engine to fall through and become damaged. A verdict having been…