Nichol v. Billot

This appeal arises from a wrongful death action brought by decedent’s widow. Plaintiff contended at trial that her husband’s death resulted from the negligence of defendant.

Defendant, an excavation contractor, was hired to excavate a trench on the premises of the Sunset Trailer Park in Sandusky, Michigan. The excavation was part of a planned expansion of the trailer park which required that a trench be dug from the existing septic system to the expansion sewer line.

• The owner of the trailer park, Thomas Boyle, hired the prior owner, O. J. Campbell, to supervise the work involved in the…