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ALLEN v. SHARP

No. 438.

147 S.E.2d 564 (1966)

267 N.C. 99

Carmel T. ALLEN v. Bert Wiley SHARP, Griffith Lumber Company and Robert Thomas Williams.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 13, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watkins & Edmundson, by R. Gene Edmundson, Oxford, for plaintiff appellant.

Royster & Royster, by T. S. Royster, Jr., Oxford, for defendants appellees.

PER CURIAM.

If Sharp were negligent in calling the plaintiff into the street for the purpose of asking him directions, and this is not conceded, it was negligence for the plaintiff to voluntarily comply with his request. The defendant has no greater duty to protect the plaintiff than the plaintiff has for his own safety. "The law imposes upon every person the duty to exercise for his own safety that degree of care which a reasonably prudent person would employ in...

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