Thomas v. Inland Motor Freight

Alfred Thomas was killed at Spring-dale, Washington, on June 7, 1935, while driving a freight truck with attached trailer from Spokane to Colville. In approaching Springdale, traveling northward, there is a long down-hill grade with a sharp semicircular curve to the right just before reaching the railroad crossing. For some reason, Thomas failed to negotiate this curve. His truck went off at a left tangent somewhere about the middle and overturned. Thomas was pinned under the cab and burned to death before he could be extricated. The trailer remained upright on its wheels.

The widow of the…