Phelan v. Read Construction Company

James Edwards and the administrator of Russell Francis Phillips’ estate sued the Read Construction Company, alleging that deceased and Edwards, on the night of May 21, 1956, were riding as passengers in an automobile owned and operated by Nick Soulis en route from the Palomino Supper Club on an access road leading therefrom to a junction of such road with U. S. Highway 85-87; that defendant had erected and was maintaining a curve and land-fill on the access road in a negligent manner and in violation of its construction contract with the Wyoming Highway Department ; that as a direct and…