Silvey v. Harm

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment which was entered upon the rendering of a verdict for damages for the death of Joseph Silvey resulting from an automobile collision.

On the night of March 4, 1930, the defendant Lindsay was driving a truck and trailer belonging to the defendant co-partnership, Harm & Frasher, easterly toward Fresno along the Tracy highway. The loaded truck and trailer weighed about thirty-two tons. A similar truck and trailer belonging to the same copartnership was proceeding along this highway just ahead of the Lindsay truck. It was a dark and rainy night.…