Hair v. Lee

At about 8 o'clock on the morning of February 4, 1947, plaintiff herein, Fred Hair, was riding his motorcycle on Railroad Avenue in Lake Charles, going west. Occupying what is called a "buddy seat" with him was a young man by the name of Clarence Taylor. At the same time the defendant, Austin W. Lee, was driving his Plymouth two-door sedan automobile on Kirkman Street, traveling north. He was alone in his car.

At the intersection between these two streets there is an off-set, on the north side of Railroad Avenue where Kirkman street narrows about 12 feet from its width on the south side. In…