Fender v. Drost

George Drost brought suit against Ralph Fender to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff alleged that on the evening of November 19, 1938, he was a deputy sheriff of Richmond County and it became his duty to patrol the Milledgeville road, a State and Federal-aid highway in that county; that this road is paved with concrete a width of eighteen feet, with top-soil shoulders on each side of the pavement approximately six feet wide; that around 8:55 p. m. on that date the plaintiff received an official…