SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. ROBERTS

No. 5-4876.

440 S.W.2d 208 (1969)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. and James R. Wheeler, Petitioners, v. Russell C. ROBERTS, Judge, Faulkner Circuit Court, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. King, Little Rock, George F. Hartje, Jr., Conway, for petitioners.

Guy H. Jones, Phil Stratton, Conway, for respondent.


HOLT, Justice.

This is an action by Faulkner County, brought in the name of the state, to recover damages from the petitioners. The plaintiff alleged that petitioners negligently installed an underground cable across a county road and as a result of such negligence a county owned motorgrader overturned when it struck the concealed obstruction, causing damage to the vehicle and injuring the county employee driver. The plaintiff sought to recover $2,000.00 for damage...

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