Prescott v. Yurchus

Upon the motion for a directed verdict for Yurchus there is no occasion to consider the circumstances of the collision other than that of his unlicensed driving. Such driving was wrongful and imposed liability for damages occurring in its course, through the operation of the statute (P. L., c. 101, ss. 1,12) forbidding it.

“The whole matter resolves itself into a question of legislative intent ... A leading object [of the statute] was the protection of persons using the highway.' Prohibition of unlicensed driving was thought to be of sufficient importance, as a means to that end, to call for…