Cole v. Gerstenberger

The defendants were contractors for a definite part of the work on the Y. M. C. A. building, located on the corner of Thirteenth and P streets, in the city of Lincoln.. With the permission of the city authorities they erected’ a fence on the asphalt pavement in the street, several feet from the curb line, to keep the traveling public from, dangerous places in the construction. After their work was completed they removed the fence, and they testify that they removed the materials which they had deposited on the street within the inclosure. A few days later the-plaintiff was passing along the…