Blakely v. Laurens Co.

Citations

• 55 S.C. 422
• 33 S.E. 503
• 1899 S.C. LEXIS 117

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence — Bridges—Highways—Juries and Jury Trials — Non-suit.' — Whether a hole in a bridge and want of bannisters on part of it, are the proximate cause of an injury caused by a mule backing a wagon off on account of fright from the hole, is a question for the jury, and nonsuit should not have been granted.</p> <p>2. Bridges — Juries and Jury Trials. — Railing may be necessary to some bridges, but of this jury must judge from all the circumstances.</p> <p>3. Ibid. — Damages—Counties.—Court is not disposed to extend the doctrine announced in cases of Brown v. Laurens Co., 38 S. C., 282, and Mason v. County of Spartanburg, 40 S: C., 390, in relation to defects in bridges and liabilities of counties for damages therefrom. Brown v. Laurens Co., 38 S. C., 282, and Mason v. County of Spartanburg, 40 S. C, 390, distinguished from this.</p>