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  "name": "James Bussell, Administrator, et al. v. The Town of Steuben",
  "name_abbreviation": "Bussell v. Town of Steuben",
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      "cite": "55 Ill. 346",
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      "James Bussell, Administrator, et al. v. The Town of Steuben."
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Breese\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nThis 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.\nWe 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.\nWe see nothing in this case to distinguish it from that, and accordingly the judgment must be affirmed.\nJudgment affirmed.\nIt was decided iu 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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        "author": "Mr. Justice Breese"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. Bangs & Shaw, and Messrs. Fort, Boal & Laws, for the plaintiffs in error.",
      "Messrs. Burns & Barnes, for the defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "James Bussell, Administrator, et al. v. The Town of Steuben.\nTownships\u2014of their liability to a private action for neglect of duty inlceeping highways in repair. Organized townships, established by law as civil divisions of counties merely, are not liable, in their corporate capacity, to a private action for damages occasioned by their neglect to keep their public highways in repair.\nWrit of Error to the Circuit Court of Marshall county; the Hon. Samuel L. Richmond, Judge, presiding.\nThis 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.\nJudgment was rendered for the defendant, and the plaintiffs bring the record to this court\nMessrs. Bangs & Shaw, and Messrs. Fort, Boal & Laws, for the plaintiffs in error.\nMessrs. Burns & Barnes, for the defendant in error."
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