John B. Roden, Jr., Inc. v. Davis

By this action Harvey Dean Davis, as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, sought to recover damages against defendants for wrongful death; and as owner, together with his father, Harvey Davis, to recover damages to a dump truck caused by the collision of the truck with a cable stretched across a highway by defendants in their efforts to “right” an overturned tank truck. The negligence charged by plaintiff was that defendants wrongfully, negligently, and carelessly obstructed the highway by the cable without any warning to indicate danger or without giving notice thereof to users…