COFFEE COUNTY v. BERRY

4 Div. 675.

54 So.2d 792 (1951)

COFFEE COUNTY v. BERRY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. C. Fleming, Elba, for petitioner.

C. L. Rowe, Elba, and Walters & Gibson, Troy, opposed.


FOSTER, Justice.

This suit is against the county of Coffee for damages to plaintiff's motor truck as the result of an alleged defect in a bridge. For such damage there was and is a statutory liability under section 2512, Code of 1896, in effect when the bridge was built in 1897, see, section 57, Title 23, Code of 1940, and applicable when the statutory conditions of such liability were met and when the failure of the county to keep the bridge in repair was negligent...

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