McClure v. Felts

Wayne L. McClure sued Dr. Nollie C. Felts, Jr., to recover damages, both actual and punitive, because of injuries alleged to have been sustained by him by rea*238son of the negligence of the defendant in the operation of his motor vehicle.

The declaration charged that, on October 21, 1962, Nineteenth Avenne in the City of Hattiesburg ran north and south and Adeline Street ran east and west; that on both of these thoroughfares the maximum speed permitted by ordinance of the city was 30 miles per hour; and at the point of their intersection, stop signs were on each corner, requiring all traffic to…