Case Name: Davis et al., commissioners, vs. Horne
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1879-09
Citations: 64 Ga. 69
Docket Number: 
Parties: Davis et al., commissioners, vs. Horne.
Judges: Jackson, Justice, concurred, but furnished no written opinion.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 69–71

Head Matter:
Davis et al., commissioners, vs. Horne.
If tlie time covered by a contractor’s bond for keeping in repair a county bridge has expired, and tbe county does not make a new contract for that purpose, but undertakes to keep the bridge in repair itself, ic will be liable for damages resulting- from a failure to do so.
Bleckley, Justice, dissented.
County matters. Roads and bridges. Damages. Before Judge Simmons. Houston Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1878.
Reported in the decision.
E. Warren; Davis & Riley, for plaintiffs in error.
Duncan & Miller, for defendant.

Opinion:
Warner, Chief Justice.
This case came before the court below on a certiorari, from the county court of Houston county. On the hearing of the same the court sustained the certiorari and awarded a judgment against the defendants for the sum of $50.00 and costs; whereupon the defendants excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the record that Jordan Horne sued the county of Houston to recover damages on account of his horse having fallen through a defective bridge in said county. It was admitted that the bridge had been built by a contractor; that the county authorities had taken from him the bond and security required by law to keep it up, etc., for seven years; that the seven years had expired, and that since that time the county had undertaken to keep it in repair itself ; and the question is whether, upon this statement of facts, the county was liable for the damages sustained by the plaintiff. This case comes within the ruling of this court in Mackey vs. The Ordinaries of Mur ray and Whitfield Counties, 59 Ga., 832, and must be controlled by it.
Let the judgment of the court below be affirmed.
Jackson, Justice, concurred, but furnished no written opinion.