GRIFFIN v. WATKINS

No. 526.

153 S.E.2d 356 (1967)

269 N.C. 650

Earon E. GRIFFIN v. LeRoy Thomas WATKINS and Dickerson, Incorporated.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, & Griffin, Monroe, and Wardlow, Knox, Caudle & Wade, Charlotte, for plaintiff.

Walter B. Nivens and Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman by Charles V. Tompkins, Jr., Charlotte, for defendants.


SHARP, Justice.

In specifiying the acts of omission and commission which they contend constituted negligence and contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff, defendants allege that he failed to operate his automobile at a speed which would permit him to stop within the range of his headlights. With reference to the second issue, they assign as error violative of G.S. § 1-180 the judge's failure to charge the jury in words substantially to this effect: If...

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