DOWNS v. ODOM

No. 233.

108 S.E.2d 65 (1959)

250 N.C. 81

James M. DOWNS, Administrator of the Estate of James Downs, Jr., deceased, v. Clyde W. ODOM and J. T. Odom, t/a Odom Tile Company, and Ernest Taylor, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fountain, Fountain, Bridges & Horton, Tarboro, for plaintiff.

Battle, Winslow & Merrell, by Robert M. Wiley, Rocky Mount, for defendants.


DENNY, Justice.

The only question presented for determination on this appeal is whether or not the trial court committed error in sustaining the defendants' motion for judgment as of nonsuit.

The accident occurred at an intersection which had no stop signs or traffic signals. The statute governing such an intersection is G.S. § 20-155, which in pertinent part reads as follows: "(a) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection and/or junction at...

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