Nettleship v. Shipman

At the hour of noon, November 23, 1928, W. W. Nettleship and K. B. Panchot were riding in a small truck, owned and driven by Mr. Nettleship, which was proceeding in a general northwesterly direction along the Inland Empire Highway at a point about a mile and a half north of Wallula. Defendant J. E. Shipman, a salesman in the employ of defendant Reid Bros., Inc., a wholesale dealer in hospital and surgical supplies, was proceeding in the same direction in his Hudson coupe, and, in attempting to pass the truck, struck its left front wheel, wrecking the truck and injuring Messrs. Nettleship and…