McClanahan v. Woodward Construction Co.

OPINION

The defendant, Woodward Construction Company, appeals from a judgment entered in accordance with a jury’s verdict, awarding plaintiff, Charles B. Mc-Clanahan, $10,000 damages for injuries and loss sustained as a result of an accident alleged to have been caused by negligent operation of defendant’s oil distributor truck when loaded to an approximate of 10 tons and engaged in oiling city streets. The scene of the accident was at a place where the street being oiled, ended by its intersection with a cross street, thus making the two streets somewhat resemble the letter “T”. The street…