Lee v. Sills
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Lawrence county. Hon. Robert L. Bullard, Judge. Miss Lee, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Sills and others, appellees, were defendants there. Erom a judgment in defendants’ favor, sustaining a demurrer to the declaration and- dismissing the suit, plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
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Erom the circuit court of Lawrence county. Hon. Robert L. Bullard, Judge. Miss Lee, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Sills and others, appellees, were defendants there. Erom a judgment in defendants’ favor, sustaining a demurrer to the declaration and- dismissing the suit, plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. Plaintiff was a traveller on the highway and suffered injuries resulting from defects in a bridge thereon located in the district of the county for which appellee Sills was a member of the board of supervisors. The suit was upon Sills’ official bond as a member of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
In section 446S of the Code of 1906 the duties of a member of the board of supervisors under the contract system, which was in force in this case, are set out as follows: “He shall inspect each section of the road as subdivided, together with all bridges in said section, and carefully note the character and amount of work needed on same, and all else necessary to make a good and acceptable highway, and then prepare detailed plans and specifications for the working of same by contract filed for record with the clerk of the board of supervisors,” so that the board may take action thereon.
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