Murdock v. Ledbetter-Johnson Co.

Bell, Judge.; The petitions charge the defendant contractor was negligent in three particulars: (1), (2) in not providing signs warning of impending danger nor providing a stop sign at the dead-end intersection; and (3) in constructing a dangerous intersection.

By Code Ann. § 95-604 there is vested in the State Highway Board and its representatives “exclusive authority and jurisdiction for the erection and maintenance of signs along the highways of this State composing the State-aid system of roads . . .” and this exclusive authority in the State Highway Board and its representatives includes…