Greer v. . Construction Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while at work as a laborer in the construction of a public highway in Ashe County.

Defendant, Callahan Construction Company, in November, 1919, entered into a written contract with the highway commission of Ashe County, by which defendant undertook to construct for said highway commission a public highway from Lansing, N.C. up Little Horse Creek, to or near White Oak Schoolhouse. Defendant, thereafter, entered into a contract with E. T. Williams by which the said Williams undertook the construction of a portion of said…