Town of Grayville v. Whitaker

This is an action, by appellee against appellant, for damages for an injury to the person of appellee, caused, as is alleged, by the negligence of appellant, in failing to construct and maintain a railing along the side of a bridge, situate in one of its streets.

Proof in the case tends to show that the bridge was in a part of the street not in the most frequented part of the village, that the bridge had no railing on either side, and that, at the place where appellee fell, the bridge was some eight feet above the ground. He was, at the time, traveling on foot, in the night time, when it was…