Presley v. C. M. Allen & Co.

Tbe plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that on and prior to 14 July, 1948, tbe defendant contractor was and bad been engaged in excavating a ditcb for tbe purpose of laying underground cables for tbe telephone company along Main Street at and near tbe junction of Adams Street in the Town of Canton, where traffic was heavy. Tbe excavation extended from near the intersection of Main and Adams Streets westerly inside and along tbe paved portion of Main Street down to a point in Water Street an over-all distance of “two or three hundred feet.” Tbe project had been under way about two…