Heidt v. State Highway Department

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Stabeer.'

This action was commenced on November 27, 1935, in which it was sought to recover damages in the sum of $4,-000.00 for the claimed wrongful death of one Aden Allston, the plaintiff’s intestate. It was alleged, among other things, that State Highway No. 511 runs through the town of Andrews, in the county of Georgetown; that on July 19, 1935, one of defendant’s Ford dump trucks, which was actually engaged at the time in the construction and repairing of such highway, was loaded by Allston with earth taken from this road, and…