Hunt v. West

REID, Judge.

This suit involves an intersectional automobile collision occurring in the City of Covington, Louisiana, on October 22, 1962. The accident occurred at the intersection of Vermont and Gibson Streets in the City of Covington, and according to the facts, at about 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, on a very clear day, with little or no traffic, pedestrian or vehicular. Vermont Street runs North and South and Gibson Street intersects at a right angle running East and West. The crossing is protected by an electric semaphore light.

The defendant, Harold J. West, was traveling in an easterly…