Cockman v. Powers

Plaintiff’s testimony is the only evidence as to the cause and circumstances of her injuries. Since the only question is the sufficiency of plaintiff’s evidence to survive defendant’s motion for judgment of nonsuit, a close examination of plaintiff’s testimony is required. Her testimony, summarized in part and quoted in part, is set out below.

Plaintiff lived with her husband, Clarence Cockman, and their 10 and 1-year old sons, some three miles south of Asheboro. She was employed, and had been for some six months, as a sales clerk in an Ashe-boro store; but before this employment she had…