Dale v. Jaeger

On the evening of September 30, 1924, the defendant accompanied by four guests, Brown, Bennett, Steadman and the plaintiff, set out from Sand-point, Idaho, to Spokane, Washington, in a Hudson Speedster touring car owned and driven by defendant. While tearing along in the dark at a rate of over 60 miles an hour, defendant struck a sharp curve with the result that, notwithstanding the application of the brakes, the car left the road, crashed into a telephone pole, demolished the machine, and more or less injured all members of the party.

Plaintiff sued for damages, charging that defendant “ran…