Hewitt v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.

66 Wn.2d 285 (1965)

402 P.2d 334

WALTER V. HEWITT, Respondent,

v.

SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.[*]

No. 37379.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 20, 1965.

Robert Salvesen, Don H. Marmaduke, and Cleveland C. Cory, for appellant.

Robinson, Landerholm, Memovich & Lansverk, for respondent.

HALE, J.

The night was black, and a heavy rain fell as Walter V. Hewitt and Jerry Shebley left the tavern in Lyle to drive out of town with Lester Roth in his 1953 GMC pickup truck. They intended to take Hewitt over to Bingen where he could arrange for a ride to work next day, and on…