Loose v. Township of Deerfield

Plaintiff was riding with his neighbor in his automobile at a late hour at night on one of the north and south highways of the defendant township, when they came to an intersecting highway which was being converted into a State reward road. At the point of intersection, a cut had been made in the east and west highway about ten inches in depth and nine feet wide, and the dirt had been thrown out on both sides, thereby forming a ridge four or five inches in height on each side of the excavation to receive the gravel. The automobile ran into this excavation, and plaintiff was thrown violently…