Bass v. McLamb

There are two questions for determination by the Court: (1) Does the evidence offered by the plaintiff make out a case of actionable negligence against the defendants? (2) Does the plaintiff’s evidence, considered in the light most favorable to her, show that she was contributorily negligent as a matter of law?

Appellees do not seriously argue the question of whether there is sufficient evidence offered by the plaintiff to make out a case of actionable negligence against the defendants. However, we might observe in passing that our Court in the case of Saunders v. Warren, 267 N.C. 735, 149…