Brooks v. Painter

*402This wrongful death case requires us to reexamine the statutory definition of a “residence district,” for the purpose of determining the applicable speed limit.

Marty Lee Brooks, on March 31, 1978, died as a result of a collision with a truck operated by Troy K. Painter, the defendant. The evidence showed that Brooks was travelling eastbound on State Route 56, in Rockbridge County, on a motorcycle. He had passed a sign indicating that he had entered the village of Vesuvius, but there were no speed limit signs posted in the area. His speed was “approximated” by Mark Congdon, a disinterested…