Wilson v. Pan-American Bus Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.
Tbe plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s bus. He did not lose bis rights as such in tbe circumstances disclosed by tbe record by leaving tbe bus temporarily for a lawful purpose. Wallace v. R. R., 174 N. C., 171, 93 S. E., 731. His status was that of a passenger at tbe time of tbe assault. Goodman v. Queen City Lines, 208 N. C., 323, 180 S. E., 661.
Whether tbe employees of tbe defendant could have come to bis rescue, and negligently failed to do so, after discovering bis peril, was submitted to tbe jury under proper instructions from tbe court. Mills v. R. R., 172 N. C., 266, 90 S. E.,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mills v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Goodman v. Queen City Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
- Pruett v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Wallace v. Norfolk Southern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
3Cited by2 opinions
- Emerson v. Carolina Cas. Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Herman v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972