Nettleton v. JAMES

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an adverse judgment in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the automobile he was operating was struck from the rear by a logging truck driven by the defendant, A. L. James. The truck belonged to James and was leased by him to the other two defendants. James was their employee, and admittedly was engaged in the course of his employment at the time of the accident.

The assignments of error raise questions of the proper application of the Oregon statutes relating to the sufficiency of brakes on automobiles.

The…