Kelly v. Ashburn

The State law, G. S. 20-158(a), provides: “The State Highway Commission, with reference to State Highways, and local *341authorities, with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, are hereby authorized to designate main traveled or through highways by erecting at the entrance thereto from intersecting highways signs notifying drivers of vehicles to come to full stop before entering or crossing such designated highway. . . (emphasis added)

By the terms of the statute the erection of stop signs on an intersecting highway or street is a method of giving the public notice that traffic on one is…