City of Mt. Carmel v. Havill

At the time of the occurrence with which this suit is concerned, a firm of contractors was engaged under a contract with appellant, the city of Mt. Carmel, in excavating and paving a portion of Fourth street in said city. The paving was to be in the center of the street, and thirty feet in width, there being an open space left on each side of the paved portion of the street. Fourth street runs east and west, is one of the principal streets of the city and much traveled. It is crossed at right angles by Main street. On the south side of Fourth street, at the corner of Main, was a building…