Johnston v. Maryland Casualty Co.

Plaintiff brought an action on his insurance policy to recover benefits for a loss sustained thereunder. From a verdict of the jury, the defendant appeals.

On January 27, 1942, respondent, F. G. Johnston, driving his Dodge pickup on his way home from work in Seattle, collided head on with a Packard coupe, being operated on the same street and going in the opposite direction.

Johnston’s Dodge pickup may be described as a model WC one-half-ton express body truck on a 116-inch wheel base. It differs from a Dodge passenger automobile in that it has a heavier motor, heavier springs, heavier frame,…