Russell v. Consolidated Forwarding Corp.

Mr. Presiding Justice Dady

delivered the opinion of the court.

In an automobile truck collision case the defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of two plaintiffs, based on the verdict of a jury.

The accident occurred on November 2, 1943, about 10 p. m. on State Route 66. The highway ran in a northerly and southerly direction. For some distance north and south of the place of the accident the pavement had been recently repaired. At each place where repairs had been made there was a barricade which blocked traffic on the easterly half of the pavement at such point. At each barricade there were…