Smith v. Ledbetter Brothers, Inc.

Russell, Judge.

A fair interpretation of the facts alleged is that at the time of the collision the defendants were in the process of constructing the interstate highway and that until the dirt barricade was placed across the road, Peters Street was a heavily traveled thoroughfare. It is also a fair construction of the petition that the dirt barricade thrown up in the course of such construction was in the area over which the defendants had assumed control in the progress of their work, and that as to such area they were by contract charged with the duty of providing all safeguards reasonably…