Kleckamp Ex Rel. Kleckamp v. Lautenschlaeger

Suit by plaintiff, a minor, by next friend, against defendants, who are copartners, doing business under the firm name of Lautenschlaeger Brothers, to recover damages for personal injuries.

Plaintiff was riding a bicycle and was run down and struck from the rear by defendants' automobile, driven by an employee while upon defendants' business.

The petition pleads an ordinance of the city of St. Louis requiring a vehicle, except when passing a vehicle ahead, to keep as near the right-hand curb as possible, and, when overtaking and passing another vehicle, to keep to the left. The petition charges…