Tevyaw v. Hemingway Bros. Interstate Trucking Co.

The plaintiffs, on the evening of April 8, 1931, somewhat later than half past seven o’clock, were guests in an automobile operated by one Baker at a speed of thirty or thirty-five miles an hour in a district without street lights, and were injured when that automobile ran into the rear end of a truck which was being towed by another. Both trucks were owned and operated by the defendant. The rear truck was large, dark in color, with a wide platform body extending beyond the axles, and with no top except a cab at the front end for the driver.

There was evidence that the trucks were travelling…