Bergstrom v. Ove

39 Wn.2d 78 (1951)

234 P.2d 548

H.W. BERGSTROM, Respondent,

v.

BJARNE OVE et al., Appellants.[1]

No. 31436.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc..

August 9, 1951.

Jack Hullin, for appellants.

Edwards E. Merges, for respondent.

MALLERY, J.

This action arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on the Bucklin hill road, on Bainbridge Island, at about 7:30 a.m., December 28, 1948. The section of road involved runs north from the crest of the hill, descending a three per cent grade for approximately one hundred feet, thence down on a 6 1/3 per cent grade. The road is surfaced with blacktop to a…