Speight v. Simonsen

The plaintiff claims that while he was riding his motorcycle in an easterly direction on the south side of a street in Portland, and when he had reached a point near the center of the intersection of that street with a cross-street, the defendant came along the cross-street in his automobile and ran against the motorcycle, injuring the plaintiff in a manner stated. He says, and it is admitted, that there was an ordinance of the City of Portland in effect at the time that,

“Vehicles approaching an intersecting street shall be under control so as to permit the vehicle on the right of the vehicle…