Witte v. Whitney

On May 5, 1946, at about noon, the defendant, Y. I. Whitney, rented a 1941 Chevrolet sedan to the decedent Irving Witte. The car had been acquired from Grays Harbor county by Mr. Whitney, who is an automobile dealer in Montesano, a few days previous to the accident giving rise to this case, and had been driven some eighty thousand miles by the county. The only test made by the defendant, to ascertain the condition of the car, was that of taking it out and actually driving for several miles. He and his witnesses testified that the brakes were satisfactory. Further testimony was introduced by…