Comstock v. Pierce County

In attempting to overtake and pass an oil truck belonging to defendant Pierce county, plaintiff ran into the railing of a bridge. He brought this action to recover for damage to his car, charging that the driver of the truck was negligent in that, as plaintiff drew up to pass, he swerved to the left side of the road, forcing plaintiff to the choice of colliding with the truck or running into the rail of the bridge.

The accident occurred on the Enumclaw farm-to-market road on a bridge that spans Ohop creek. The bridge is twenty feet wide and forty-five feet long. On each side is a concrete curb…