Ellis v. Robinson

The plaintiff was a contractor engaged in the work of constructing a state highway leading from Yineland to Mill-ville. The highway consisted of a twenty-foot width of concrete, with gravel shoulders on each side ten feet in width. On the 12th of November, 1926, after his day’s work had been completed, the plaintiff parked his truck on the side of the road, and while it was standing there the defendant, who was driving a Nash sedan owned by him, ran into the rear end of the truck, damaging it to some extent. The plaintiff brought the present suit to recover compensation for the injuries done…