State v. Clayton

Defendant brings forward six assignments of error. We consider first whether the judge erred in overruling the motions for nonsuit (assignment No. 5). The parties stipulated that Joseph Richard Seamons (Seamons), a school boy, died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile on 21 January 1966. Defendant offered no evidence. That offered by the State tended to show the following facts:

Allensville School is situated on the south’ side of Rural Paved Road 1520, which runs east and west. East of the eastern end of the circular drive around the school the road is straight…