Natural Gas & Fuel Corp. v. Alotto

Appellee was injured by an automobile driven by W. D. Hawkins, while making meter connections with the pipe line through which natural gas was carried to consumers in the town of ■Louann, Arkansas. A ditch -6 feet long by 4- feet- deep had been excavated about the middle of the main street in the town for the purpose of making the connection. In excavating the same the dirt had been thrown out on the sides of the ditch, and served as some protection against injury to workmen engaged in making the connection. As a further protection a telephone pole was laid at right angles to and immediately…