Ashton v. P. F. Coughlin Co.

This case presents an unusual situation. Two men, the plaintiff and the rollerman, occupied a space in a public street, where each of them had a right to- be, each being absorbed in his own business and entirely oblivious to the rights of the other. Generally speaking,, construction work on a barricaded public street is sufficient notice to the public to keep off. The rights of the contractor and his crew are superior, on the barricaded street, to that of the public, because of the fact that the contractor occupies a public position in that he is doing the work for the public and for its…