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STATE v. DAVIS

No. 4313.

99 N.H. 88 (1954)

STATE v. GEORGE B. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided May 19, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Wyman, Attorney General, Warren E. Waters, Deputy Attorney General, Elmer T. Bourque, Law Assistant and Charles E. Tesreau, county solicitor (Mr. Bourque orally), for the State.

John M. Stark (by brief and orally), for the respondent.

KENISON, C. J.

The first sentence and the pertinent part of R. L., c. 119, s. 29, as amended by Laws 1949, c. 286, s. 1, provides: "29. SPEED, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing." This statute is copied from section 56 of...

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