Davis v. Smiley

1. One who is engaged in construction work on a public highway and who is in control of the highway for the purpose of doing such work, and who, in furtherance of such work, erects a substantial barricade in the roadway for the purpose of closing the road to' public travel, and who continues to have control over the barricade while it remains in the roadway, is under a duty to maintain the barricade with due care and diligence to- avoid damage from its maintenance - to any one traveling along the road. This is true irrespective of whether there is any liability on the part of the county…