Jones v. Adams

McGHEE, Justice.

The appellant was denied judgment against his employer, the appellee, for damage to his dump truck caused by a gravel bin owned and operated by the appellee falling on the truck while it was being loaded.

The truck would drive under the bin and gravel would then be spilled into it .from the bin. In this process some gravel would overflow and spill on the roadway. In order to keep the roadway under the bin open to travel, this surplus gravel would from time to time be bladed away, and in so doing a portion of the roadway would also be scraped away. This process had been so long…