Board of County Commissioners v. Vickers
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cloud district court; F. W. Sturges, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.:
A. L. Vickers was killed by the falling of a stone-arch bridge which, at the time, was being erected by J. M. Hass, under a contract with Cloud county. The deceased was a common laborer. He assisted in the removal of certain wooden half-circles, over which an arch of the bridge had been built, when the latter collapsed, causing stone and earth to fall upon him. This action was prosecuted by E. J. Vickers, his widow, to recover from the county her pecuniary loss by reason of his death. She alleged that the members of the board of county…
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