Griffin v. Town of Williamstown

Citations

• 6 W. Va. 312

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. Where municipal corporations are charged with the duty of keeping in good order and condition the streets and public roads and bridges lying within their corporate limits, they are liable for injuries to persons or property happening by reason of their neglect to keep the same in good order and condition.</p> <p>2. They are bound to keep the streets and public roads and bridges in a proper state of repair, free from all obstructions or defects in the road-bed, which reasonable vigilance and care can detect and remove.</p> <p>3. The 6th section, chapter-15, Acts 1868, (Extra Session,) confers on the town of'Williamstown jurisdiction of all the streets and public roads lying within the same.</p>