Jackson v. Mauney

Carolina assigns as error tee court’® refusal to. allow its motion for nonsuit.

Plaintiff alleges he was injured when Mauney, traveling at a high speed, negligently left the channel and entered a .shallow cove. The •boat grounded, pitching plaintiff into the windshield.

Plaintiff neither alleges nor offered evidence tending to- show tee grounding was due to a defect -in tee boat or to Mauney’® incompetence. The negligence alleged iis Mauney’s failure to utilize tee knowledge and skill he possessed. Carolina was not liable for plaintiff’s injuries merely because it owned the vessel in which…