Rea Const. Co. v. Lane

This is a suit for damages growing out of the death of a five-year old child of the plaintiffs, M. L. Lane and wife, against the defendant Rea Construction Company which occurred in the town of Charleston, in Bradley County, Tennessee, near the child’s home, when a heavy weight, at the base of a road-grading machine, fell upon the child and killed him. The defendant construction company was engaged in the construction of an approach to a bridge over the Hiwassee River and the machine in question was used in connection with this construction work. This particular machine was a heavy plow…