Ray v. French Broad Electric Membership Corp.

The defendants, who filed a joint brief, assign as error the denial of their motions for judgment of nonsuit renewed at the close of all the evidence. Defendants argue in their brief that plaintiff’s evidence establishes facts necessary to show contributory negligence so clearly that no other conclusion can be reasonably drawn therefrom.

Plaintiff’s evidence shows the following facts: The collision between a 1951 International truck driven by plaintiff and owned by Tom Ray and a 1957 GMC truck driven by defendant Woody and owned by the corporate defendant occurred about noon on 13 June 1958 in…