Ockerman v. Woodward

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Alleging that the defendant, W. C. Woodward, placed on the traveled part of one of the public highways of Nelson County, with gross and wanton negligence, a large quantity of stone, with no lights, signals or guards of any kind to warn travelers of the obstruction, and that while driving along said highway in his buggy while it was dark, and without any knowledge of the existence of the obstruction, he ran into the pile of stone, and that his horse and buggy were damaged and he himself was injured, plaintiff, E. J. Ockerman,…