Holliman v. Washington County

This was a suit against a county to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on account of *719his having been hurt by reason of a defective public bridge. The evidence, so far as it tended to show the defendant’s negligence, was abundant. The court manifestly did not grant the nonsuit on aceóunt of the failure of the plaintiff to show that the defendant was negligent; he doubtless based his judgment on the proposition that the plaintiff had knowledge of the defect in the bridge, and that his use of it after knowledge precluded his recovery, either under the doctrine of…