MALCOM v. DEMPSEY


209 A.2d 159 (1965)

Homer C. MALCOM, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Louise H. DEMPSEY, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

March 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian D. Winslow, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

George L. Sands, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice:

This is an automobile negligence case in which the verdict and judgment were entered for the defendant after jury trial. The determinative question presented for decision upon this appeal is whether certain stop signs were properly authorized by State and local authorities so that the defendant's admitted failure to heed them constituted a statutory violation and negligence per se.

These are the pertinent facts:

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