Wade v. Gray

Citations

• 104 Miss. 151
• 61 So. 168

Syllabus

<p>1. Highways. Injuries from. Defects. Liability of county. Contractors. Liability of contractors.</p> <p>A county is not liable for the defective condition of its roads.</p> <p>2. Highways. Injuries from defects. Liability of contractors.</p> <p>A county road contractor who fails to fulfill his obligations to sufficiently maintain the highways is liable for his neglect to those suffering loss thereby, not upon his contract with the county, nor on his bond, but in tort to which the contract was only an inducement.</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>A county road contractor owes to the general public a general duty to keep the roads so in repair that one traveling them would not be in danger of being damaged in his person or property by reason of their defectiveness.</p>