Ogle v. Billick

The complaint alleged that the defendants injured plaintiff by negligently lowering the grade of a county road, at the bottom of a stairway leading from plaintiff’s house to the road. A handrail post was thereby undermined and gave way when plaintiff walked down the stairway, causing her to fall. Plaintiff joined as defendants, the county, the county engineer, the county commissioners, and the county employee who operated the grader and lowered the grade. All defendants demurred, principally upon the ground that they were immune from suit. The trial court sustained all the demurrers and…