Town of Belton v. Vinton

Blandford, Justice.

[L. M. Yinton brought suit against the town of Belton on account of a physical injury received by him in falling *100from a bridge across a gully in one of the streets of the town, which plaintiff alleged resulted from the failure of the defendant to keep the bridge in proper condition for travel.

On the trial, the evidence was, in brief, as follows: The street where the injury occurred was a side street in the town of Belton, running across the gully and over to an academy and a place where four or five families lived, but it was a public street, and as much travelled as any…