Butler v. Allen ( 1951 )

BaeNHill, J.,

concurring: The evidence considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff tends to show that defendant operated his automobile through a built-up area at a street intersection in Kannapolis at about sixty miles per hour. His conduct, in so doing, evidenced a wanton indifference to the safety of others. Such use of an automobile converts it into a deadly weapon. And one who, by the reckless use of a deadly weapon, injures or kills another is both criminally and civilly liable. It is on this theory of liability I concur.