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RATHBURN v. SORRELLS

No. 6928SC155.

167 S.E.2d 800 (1969)

5 N.C. App. 212

Harold William RATHBURN v. Donald Franklin SORRELLS and Jay Edwin Sorrells.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 18, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. L. Lipsey, II and Uzzell & Dumont, by Harry Dumont, Asheville, for plaintiff appellee.

Williams, Morris & Golding, by William C. Morris, Jr., and Robert G. McClure, Jr., Asheville, for defendants appellants.

MORRIS, Judge.

The trial judge instructed the jury as follows:

"When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection and/or junction, at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right, except as otherwise provided in another chapter of this law * * *"

The portion of the charge quoted above is essentially the rule of law stated in G.S. § 20-155(a). The defendants argue...

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