Bussell v. the Town of Steuben.
Decision Date | 30 September 1870 |
Citation | 57 Ill. 35,1870 WL 6576 |
Parties | JAMES BUSSELL, Administrator, et al.v.THE TOWN OF STEUBEN. |
Court | Illinois Supreme Court |
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WRIT OF ERROR to the Circuit Court of Marshall county; the Hon. SAMUEL L. RICHMOND, Judge, presiding.
This was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiffs against the township of Steuben, in Marshall county, to recover for the death of Charles Doran, occasioned, as alleged, by the neglect of the defendant to keep a certain bridge in repair.
Judgment was rendered for the defendant, and the plaintiffs bring the record to this court
Messrs. BANGS & SHAW, and Messrs. FORT, BOAL & LAWS, for the plaintiffs in error.
Messrs. BURNS & BARNES, for the defendant in error.
This was an action on the case, to recover damages for a death occasioned by a defective bridge, and a verdict and judgment for the defendant.
We can not distinguish this case, in principle, from the case of The Town of Waltham v. Kemper, 55 Ill. 346, and we do not desire to add anything to what was said in the opinion in that case. In the case cited, it was held, that an organized township was not liable in its corporate capacity for such injuries. a1 We see nothing in this case to distinguish it from that, and accordingly the judgment must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
a1. It was decided in the case of White, Admr., v. The County of Bond, January Term, 1871, that a county was not liable, in its corporate capacity, to a private action for injury resulting from a defective highway.
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