Pyeatt v. Stroud

* Writ of error granted November 19, 1924. This suit was brought by appellee, M. M. Stroud, against appellant, J. S. Pyeatt, to recover for personal injuries suffered by him in a collision between the automobile of appellant and a motorcycle on which appellee was riding.

Appellee, as plaintiff, alleged that at the time of the collision he was traveling south on the right-hand side of Louisiana street, in Houston, at a moderate rate of speed, between 10 and 15 miles an hour, and that the automobile of appellant, defendant below being driven by a negro chauffeur, agent and employee of defendant,…