Lawrason v. Richard

An automobile belonging to, and while being driven, by, Eugene Richard, Jr., and in which Sam Mathews Lawrason was riding, struck against the western end of the bridge which spans the Comite river on the Greenwell Springs road leading out of Baton Rouge, with the result that said Lawrason was badly injured. He claims of the defendant, Richard, the sum of $15,000 as damages on account of his said injuries. The plaintiff, Lawrason, alleges:

That he was riding in the car as the guest of said Richard. That the accident occurred at about 1 o’clock p. m. at night. That the night was dark and rainy,…