Dick's Transfer Co. v. Miller

*575The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

The present action was for the recovery of damages sustained under the following circumstances: For .a distance of about eleven miles U. S. highway 40 proceeds westwardly from Kansas City as a four-lane highway and then turns to the north, where it proceeds as a two-lane highway. On May 17, 1940, the day of theN accident, it had been rainy and the pavement was wet. Two trucks were involved in a collision. Both were of similar construction, each having a hauling unit referred to as a tractor, which pulled a trailer, the front end of the…