Fletcher v. City of Aberdeen

This is a personal injury action in which the city of Aberdeen, defendant below, appeals from a judgment for the respondents, plaintiffs below.

For the purpose of placing electric wires underground, the city dug a ditch in the parking strip adjacent to the sidewalk at the intersection of Broadway and Fourth streets in the city of Aberdeen. Suitable barricades were erected to'protect pedestrians from falling into the excavation, but, unfortunately, at the time of the mishap in question, one of th,e city’s employees .had .removed the barriers to facilitate his work in the excavation. When he…