Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Roberts

Prank Holt, Justice.

This is an action by Faulkner County, brought in the name of the state, to recover damages from the petitioners. The plaintiff alleged that petitioners negligently installed an underground cable across a county road and as a result of such negligence a county owned motorgrader overturned when it struck the concealed obstruction, causing damage to the vehicle and injuring the county employee driver. The plaintiff sought to recover $2,000.00 for damage to the motorgrader and reimbursement of $2,054.30 for medical and hospital expenses paid on behalf of its injured employee.…