Covey v. Western Tank Lines, Inc.

This is an action in negligence to recover damages occasioned by the loss of five male mink.

Harry Covey owns and operates a mink ranch a short distance east of Cle Elum, Washington, and adjacent to state primary highway No. 10. On the afternoon of September 22,1947, a truck with attached semitrailer, owned by Western Tank Lines, Inc., and operated by Bob Bohn, was proceeding west on this highway. As the truck was about to pass the mink ranch, a wheel came off the trailer, rolled across the highway, and struck one of the mink sheds. Two male mink were killed and three others escaped from the…