Wilkins v. . Burton Ward v. . Burton

It appears from the evidence that the defendant, Thomas A. Burton, was Division Engineer of the State Highway & Public Works Commission, having in charge the administrative division of the State and county highway system established by the State Highway & Public Works Commission, including the State and county highways of Rockingham County; that on Sunday, 3 December, 1939, a tree near one of the graded soil covered highways in Rockingham County was struck by lightning and set on fire, that a large limb from the tree was caused to fall across the highway; that the limb was discovered across…