Frickel v. Lancaster County

Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment against Lancaster county and Central Contractors for $12,000 for personal injuries. Both defendants appealed.

On July 26,1924, the county was constructing a state and federal-aid road on the state highway west of Lincoln between Emerald and the west county line. Central Contractors, a copartnership, was doing the work under a written contract in which the county and the state by its department of public works were the parties of the first part and the contractors were the parties of the second part. The evidence shows that the grading had been completed, at…