STATE v. RICHARDSON

No. 7979.

277 P.2d 272 (1954)

The STATE of Idaho, on relation of Jno. R. McKINNEY, Commissioner of Highways for the State of Idaho, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe RICHARDSON, doing business under the trade name of Riverside Lumber Company, and Harry Sanders, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

As Modified on Denial of Petitions for Rehearing December 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Smylie, Atty. Gen., Allan G. Shepard, J. R. Smead, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Cox, Ware & Stellmon, Lewiston, Swayne & McNichols, Orofino, for respondent Richardson.

Paul W. Hyatt, Lewiston, for respondent Sanders.


TAYLOR, Justice.

As a part of its highway system the state owns and maintains a bridge across the Clearwater River at Greer in Clearwater County. The bridge is of steel construction and consists of two spans. Before the damage occurred the one span was 235 feet long and the other 100 feet. The adjoining end of each span rested upon a concrete pier erected in the river channel. On November 10, 1949, the defendant Sanders, an employee of the defendant Joe Richardson...

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