Mennis v. CHEFFINGS

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment, based upon the verdict of a jury, which the circuit court entered in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5,275. The complaint averred that the defendant drove its truck negligently into collision with the plaintiff’s truck and thereby caused damage to the latter in the sum of $5,275.

The collision occurred June 2,1960, about 8:30 a.m. on a private, winding, mountain road in Tillamook County. Both trucks were engaged in hauling crushed rock a distance of approximately three miles. Two other trucks were also engaged in the operation.

The…