Buchanan v. San Juan County

Citations

• 99 Wash. 489
• 169 P. 972
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1228

Syllabus

<p>Highways — Defects—Negligence—Contbibutoky Negligence — Question fob Juey. Negligence in the maintenance of a county highway and the contributory negligence of the driver of a team with a load of hay, are questions for the jury, where the wagon skidded off the roadbed, owing to a narrow fill which was wet and slippery and unguarded by fences or barriers, its unsafe condition having been previously called to the attention of the road supervisor, and there being competent evidence as to the driver’s care.</p>