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CASSETTA v. COMPTON

No. 594.

123 S.E.2d 222 (1961)

256 N.C. 71

Joseph CASSETTA, by his Next Friend, Frank A. Cassetta v. Thomas S. COMPTON and wife, Ann Adkerson Compton. Frank A. CASSETTA v. Thomas S. COMPTON and wife, Ann Adkerson Compton.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 13, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoyle, Boone, Dees & Johnson, Greensboro, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, for defendants, appellees.

BOBBITT, Justice.

The court instructed the jury, in accordance with G.S. § 20-141(a), that "no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing." The court then instructed the jury that, according to the evidence, Mrs. Compton was driving in a residential district, where the maximum legal speed was 35 miles per hour (G.S. § 20-141(b) (2)), and there was no evidence Mrs. Compton...

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