Covey v. Western Tank Lines, Inc.

36 Wn.2d 381 (1950)

218 P.2d 322

HARRY COVEY, Respondent,

v.

WESTERN TANK LINES, INC., Appellant.[1]

No. 31260.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

May 13, 1950.

Skeel, McKelvy, Henke, Evenson & Uhlmann, W.R. McKelvy and Altha P. Curry, for appellant.

W.R. Cole and J.D. Thomas, Jr., for respondent.

HAMLEY, J.

This is an action in negligence to recover damages occasioned by the loss of five male mink.

Harry Covey owns and operates a mink ranch a short distance east of Cle Elum, Washington, and adjacent to state primary highway No. 10. On the afternoon of September 22, 1947, a truck with…