Siler v. State

Each of these claims, seeking recovery for personal injuries, arose from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on April 6, 1957 on Route 17 two or three miles east of the City of Elmira. In this area Route 17 was a four-lane dual highway with a center mall.

In order to complete repairs on a portion of the highway which was sagging, about March 29 or 30 the two eastbound lanes were barricaded by placing seven barrels weighted with gravel or stone across the two eastbound lanes. According to the State’s witnesses, some thousand feet west of the barricade a five-foot by six-foot sign warning of…