Deffez v. Stephens

This suit involves a collision between a motorcycle owned by the City of Baton Rouge, operated by the plaintiff, a policeman of said city, and an automobile operated by the defendant, Otto Stephens, and owned by his brother, Millard D. Stephens. The collision occurred at the intersection of Government and South Thirteenth Streets in the City of Baton Rouge at about 12:15 A. M., on June 2, 1946.

Plaintiff's petition alleges that the plaintiff was operating his motorcycle at a reasonable rate of speed travelling in an easterly direction on Government Street, which street runs east and west; that…