Davies v. Shawver

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action by one who was township treasurer for damages for injuries received by him in being thrown from a road grader while grading a highway in his township, caused by the negligence of the defendant in leaving on the bank at the side of the road, two years before the accident, a length of two-inch gas pipe when he removed his gas line that had been in use for a few months near the fence along the east side of that road. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the evidence of the plaintiff, and he appeals.

Appellant first urges…