Smith v. Buie

90 S.E.2d 514 (1955)

243 N.C. 209

Lucy SMITH

v.

E. D. BUIE.

No. 603.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 14, 1955.

H. D. Harrison, Jr., Raeford, for plaintiff, appellant.

Nance & Barrington, Fayetteville, for defendant, appellee.

BOBBITT, Justice.

Does plaintiff's evidence, taken in the light most favorable to her, so clearly establish contributory negligence that no other reasonable inference or conclusion can be drawn therefrom? See Horton v. Peterson, 238 N.C. 446, 78 S.E.2d 181. In his brief, defendant poses this question as determinative.

The relative rights and duties of motorists approaching…