JONES v. HORTON

No. 531.

142 S.E.2d 351 (1965)

264 N.C. 549

Ivan D. JONES, Jr. v. Wesley Vernon HORTON and Morris Crawley Jones.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yarborough, Blanchard & Tucker, by Irvin B. Tucker, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff, appellee.

Dupree, Weaver, Horton & Cockman, by F. T. Dupree, Jr., and Jerry S. Alvis, Raleigh, for Wesley Vernon Horton, defendant, appellant.


SHARP, Justice.

Plaintiff's evidence, taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to him, was sufficient to withstand the motion for nonsuit. If Horton approached the intersection at a speed in excess of 60 MPH—and we must assume that he did, Hutchens v. Southard, 254 N.C. 428, 119 S.E.2d 205—, he violated G.S. § 20-141 (b) and (c) and was thus guilty of negligence...

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