Harris v. Atlantic Greyhound Corporation

Defendant, a common"carrier, was not an insurer of the safety of its passengers. Its liability, if any, was for negligence proximately causing injury to its passengers. Hollingsworth v. Skelding, 142 N.C. 246, 55 S.E. 212, expressly disapproving a contrary dictum in Daniel v. R. R., 117 N.C. 592, 23 S.E. 327; White v. Chappell, 219 N.C. 652, 14 S.E. 2d 843; Humphries v. Coach Co., 228 N.C. 399, 45 S.E. 2d 546; Jenkins v. Coach Co., 231 N.C. 208, 56 S.E. 2d 571.

This Court has quoted with approval Lord Mansfield’s definition of the carrier’s legal duty to its passengers, viz.: “As far as human…