Williams v. Kearney

On a bright Sunday afternoon in November, 1936, plaintiff was riding astride on the seat of a motorcycle behind its driver. They were driving in a northerly direction on the right side of Mullan Avenue in the city of Waterloo, Iowa. When they reached Lafayette Street, which intersects Mullan Avenue, the motorcycle turned to the left and collided with the defendants car, which was being pushed southerly on the west side of Mullan Avenue by a truck driven by defendant Davis and owned by defendant Melrose Company.

The record shows that the motorcycle and the defendants’ car and truck were within…