WATSON SEAFOOD & POULTRY CO. v. GEORGE W. THOMAS, INC.

No. 36.

220 S.E.2d 536 (1975)

289 N.C. 7

WATSON SEAFOOD & POULTRY COMPANY, INC. v. GEORGE W. THOMAS, INC. and Robert Pridgen.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crossley & Johnson by Robert White Johnson, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Horton, Conely & Michaels by Richard B. Conely, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


BRANCH, Justice.

Plaintiff's sole assignment of error is that the trial court erred in instructing the jury concerning passing at an intersection.

The trial judge instructed the jury on the issue of contributory negligence as follows:

If you answer it [the first issue] "yes", you go to the second issue, which is as follows: "Did the plaintiff by his own negligence—that is Mr. Parker—contribute...

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