Williams v. . Woodward

Tbe court instructed tbe jury tbat it was negligence per se for one to violate “tbe statute regulating tbe conduct and operation of motor vehicles on tbe public highways, and tbe conduct and behavior of pedestrians using tbe highways, but tbe element of proximate cause must also be shown.” This instruction was taken from tbe case of Holland v. Strader, 216 N. C., 436, 5 S. E. (2d), 311, and is correct as applied to violations of tbe motor vehicle law, cb. 407, Public Laws 1937, save and except those provisions which relate to tbe speed limits mentioned therein, any speed in excess of which…