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KEITH v. KING

No. 464.

139 S.E.2d 21 (1964)

263 N.C. 118

Marshall KEITH v. Henry G. KING and wife, Marie Jones King. Henry G. KING v. Phillip Marshall KEITH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 2, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglass & Douglass, J. C. Keeter, Raleigh, for appellees.

Purrington & Culbertson, by Charles H. Sedberry, Raleigh, for Henry G. King and Marie J. King, appellants.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The critical question in this case is whose negligence caused the collision. After explaining the respective duties of motorists at an intersection between a dominant and a servient highway, the court defined an intersection as "the area embraced within the prolongation (of) the lateral boundary lines of the highways." The court charged: "Now, members of the jury, it is admitted that the collision in question occurred at an intersection, that is...

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