Freeman v. Smit

The plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendants for injuries sustained by him while assisting in replacing a tire on a vehicle owned by the defendants Smit and driven by their employee, the defendant Zonnevelt.

The Smits, who were engaged in business as contract carriers under permit from the state, employed Zonnevelt to drive one of their trucks operating between Burlington, in Skagit county, and Seattle. The trips to Seattle were generally made at night. On the night of the accident, June 4, 1934, the plaintiff, sixty-four years of age, solicited and obtained from Zonnevelt…