Crooks v. Stevens County

Citations

• 102 Wash. 231
• 172 P. 1158
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 937

Syllabus

<p>Highways—Injuries—Contributory Negligence—Apparent Dangers—Evidence—Sufficiency. Plaintiff, injured in the overturning of his load of hay, cannot recover from the county, where it appears that the accident happened through his manner of loading and driving, rather than to the fact that there was a dangerous grade and a rock in the road, and the hay and rack would not have slipped off if the wheels had been kept in the ordinary tracks, and the dangers were open and apparent.</p>