Cleveland Railway Co. v. Ranft

This cause is heard on error to the court of common pleas, on the petition in error of The Cleveland Railway Company and the cross-petition in error of Gould & Maybach, partners, doing a contracting business as Gould & Maybach.

The action grew out of an accident in East Cleveland, at the intersection of Euclid and Beers-*398ford avenues, in front of the railway company’s Windermere barns. The contractors were digging a sewer in Euclid avenue. The trench was about five feet wide and fifteen feet deep. The dirt was piled between the trench and the curb. At the point in question there was an open…