Nelson v. City of Seattle

— On the rainy morning of January 29, 1939, at about 12:30 a. m., the appellant, Robert Y. Nelson, was riding south on 12th avenue in' Seattle in an automobile driven by James W. Kippen, when a car coming from the opposite direction and driven by Matt Zoffel crossed from the east side of the street and struck Kippen’s car head-on. The collision occurred north of Jefferson street. Nelson was severely and permanently injured. He brought this action against Zoffel and the city of Seattle as codefendants, his allegations against Zoffel being that he failed to keep a proper lookout, operated his…