Dodson v. Lemon

This is an action for damages for personal injuries arising out of a collision of automobiles. Plaintiff prevailed and the defendant appeals.

On August 1, 1950, at about eight o ’clock p. m., the plaintiff was riding as a passenger in a 1937 Chevrolet pick-up driven by her husband. The pick-up was traveling in a westerly direction on a street in Willamina, and, as the pick-up was proceeding along the street, a large truck with a tandem trailer, going in the same direction, passed the pick-up at an excessive rate of speed.

The defendant, who was at the time of the accident acting as a special…