Flynn Ex Rel. Estate of Hoffman v. Carolina Scenic Stages

Oxner, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Mrs. Mary Efiie Hoffman, who was run over by a bus of the Carolina Scenic Stages in which she had been a passenger and from which she had alighted just prior to being struck by the front of the bus. The bus was driven by Cecil Adell Dixon who was joined as a party defendant along with the bus company. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the Court granted a motion by defendants for a nonsuit upon the grounds (1) that there was no proof of negligence on the part of defendants, and (2) that…