Cobb Bros. Const. Co., Inc. v. Campbell

The appellee recovered a judgment in the court below against the appellant for an injury to his person, alleged to have been caused by the appellant’s negligence. One of the assignments of error challenges the overruling of the appellant’s request for a directed verdict.

Highway No. 11 crosses the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad track. The highway was being depressed so as to pass under the railroad track and was also being paved, the work being done by the appellant. The appellee was one of its employees. Cement used in this construction work was stored a short distance from the miser,…